A spaceship passes you at a speed of 0.90c. You find the length of the ship in your frame to be 50.0 m. (The measurement is not easy: you have to arrange for a lamp to flash on the bow and the sten simultaneously in your frame, and then determine the distance between the flashes.) A few months later, the ship comes to the end of its mission and docks, allowing you to measure its length. (Now the measurement is easy: you can walk along the ship with a tape measure.) What length does vour tape measure show?

Given: The speed of spaceship is v=0.90 c Let L0 be the proper length of spaceship. The apparent…

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Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

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A spaceship passes you at a speed of 0.90c. You find the length of the ship in your frame to be 50.0 m. (The measurement is not easy: you have to arrange for a lamp to flash on the bow and the sten simultaneously in your frame, and then determine the distance between the flashes.) A few months later, the ship comes to the end of its mission and docks, allowing you to measure its length. (Now the measurement is easy: you can walk along the ship with a tape measure.) What length does vour tape measure show?

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