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A rocket is travelling from earth through space at a speed of 2.7x10^8m/s. The pilot measures the journey to take 240 minutes. How long does mission control on Earth think the flight lasted for?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter9: Relativity

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