Physics (5th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321976444
Author: James S. Walker
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 29, Problem 5PCE
Predict/Explain Suppose you are a traveling salesman for SSC, the Spacely Sprockets Company. You travel on a spaceship that reaches speeds near the
- I. You want to be paid according to the clock on Earth, because the clock on the spaceship runs slow when it approaches the speed of light.
- II. Collect your pay according to the clock on the spaceship because according to you the clock on Earth has run slow.
- III. Your pay would be the same in either case because motion is relative, and all inertial observers will agree on the amount of time that has elapsed.
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