A spacecraft has a speed of 0.4c relative to Earth. As measured on Earth, the elapsed time between two events that happen at the same location on Earth is 4 h. Determine what the elapsed time between those two events would be from the spacecraft's frame.

A spacecraft has a speed of 0.4c relative to Earth. As measured on Earth, the elapsed time between two events that happen at the same location on Earth is 4 h. Determine what the elapsed time between those two events would be from the spacecraft's frame.

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A spacecraft has a speed of 0.4c relative to Earth. As measured on Earth, the elapsed time between two
events that happen at the same location on Earth is 4 h. Determine what the elapsed time between those two
events would be from the spacecraft's frame.

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