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If you are in a spaceship, traveling at 90% the speed of light, how much time will pass for you? A: 4.3 years B 8.7 years C: 20 years D: None at all

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Chapter1: Relativity I

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If you are in a spaceship, traveling at 90% the speed of light, how much time will pass for you?

A: 4.3 years

B 8.7 years

C: 20 years

D: None at all

Definition Definition Rate at which light travels, measured in a vacuum. The speed of light is a universal physical constant used in many areas of physics, most commonly denoted by the letter c . The value of the speed of light c = 299,792,458 m/s, but for most of the calculations, the value of the speed of light is approximated as c = 3 x 10 8 m/s.

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