You are in a rocket ship going faster and faster. As your speed increases and your velocity gets closer to the speed of light, which of the following do you observe in your frame of reference?(a) Your mass increases.(b) Your length shortens in the direction of motion. (c) Your wristwatch slows down.(d) All of the above.(e) None of the above

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