Samir is standing on the ground as Maria flies past him in her spaceship at 0.800c in the +x direction. Samir holds a stick along the x-axis. Samir measures the stick to have a length L. According to Maria, the length of the stick held by Samir is… (a) longer than L (b) shorter than L (c) equal to L

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A: Given data: Speed of proton is, v=0.005c.

Q: A space shuttle passes the Earth at a speed of 0.80c. If the space shuttle is 30 m in length as…

A: Given: The speed of the space shuttle is 0.8c. The length of the space shuttle is 30 m.

Q: Spaceship A moves away from Earth at a speed of 0.800c (Fig. P26.19). Spaceship B pursues at a speed…

A: the velocity of the spaceship B relative to Earth is 0.900c. the velocity of the spaceship a…

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Q: As the drawing shows, a carpenter on a space station has constructed a 30.0° ramp. A rocket moves…

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Q: If a spaceship is approaching the Earth at 0.100c and a message capsule is sent toward it at 0.100c…

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A: An object with a rest mass of 12420.5 MeV/c2 is moving with a β of 0.406

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Q: 18.) A space shuttle passes the Earth at a speed of 0.80c. If the space shuttle is 30 m in length as…

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Q: A spaceship goes past a planet at a speed of 0.80c relative to the planet. An observer on the planet…

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Q: An alien spaceship traveling 0.600c toward Earth launches a landing craft with an advance guard of…

A: Dear student, the question contains more than three sub-parts. We will answer first three sub-parts.

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Q: A 25 m long beam is shot past a stationary space station at 0.99c. What length does the people on…

A: From Length's contraction:           L= L01-v2c2          L= 251-0.992c2          L= 25×0.141= 3.5 m

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A: In the question it is given that , speed of the proton ,v=0.92cmass of the proton…

Q: A 1 km spacecraft is racing towards the Sun at 0.75c. Using equations given in class, calculate the…

A: Given- Length of spacecraft (Lo) = 1 km = 1000 m Speed of spacecraft (v) = 0.75 c

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Q: Sam flies past earth at 0.75c. As he goes by, he fires a bullet forward at 0.75c. Suzy, on the…

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Q: A space shuttle passes over the Earth at v = 0.90c speed. If the length of space shuttle observed by…

A: Speed of the shuttle is v = 0.90c Length of the shuttle is lo = 100 m

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Q: An astronaut is traveling in a space vehicle moving at 0.500c relative to the Earth. The astronaut…

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A: Consider the observer to be moving in the x-direction. The x-component of the length is contracted…