While you are traveling in Baliwag, a police officer pulls you over for speeding. The posted speed limit is 100 km/H. He asks you if you know how fast you were driving. You suddenly realize that your speedometer's "100" measures miles per hour, not kilometers per hour.  How fast were you going?

While you are traveling in Baliwag, a police officer pulls you over for speeding. The posted speed limit is 100 km/H. He asks you if you know how fast you were driving. You suddenly realize that your speedometer's "100" measures miles per hour, not kilometers per hour.  How fast were you going?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter9: Relativity

Section: Chapter Questions

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