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What do you mean by time dilation?

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ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter28: Special Relativity

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14CQ: How does modern relativity modify the law of conservation of momentum?

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