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Chapter S2, Problem 50EAP
Time Dilation.
- A student, after learning about the theory of relativity, decides to try to prolong his life by spending the rest of his life traveling in a car at 55 miles per hour (89 km/hr). If he does this while 70 years pass in his house, how much time will pass in the car? (Hint: If you are unable to find a difference, be sure to explain why.)
- A more clever student decides to prolong her life by cruising among the stars at a speed of 0.95c. How much time will pass on her spacecraft during a period in which 70 years pass on Earth? Will she feel as if her life span has been extended? Explain.
- Suppose you stay home on Earth while your twin sister takes a trip to a distant star and back in a spaceship that travels at 99% of the
speed of light . If both of you are 25 years old when she leaves and you are 45 years old when she returns, how old is your sister when she gets back?
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