(a) How far does the moon in Example 28.1 travel according to the Earth-bound observer? (b) How...

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(a) How far does the moon in Example 28.1 travel according to the Earth-bound observer?

(b) How far does it travel as viewed by an observer moving with it? Base your calculation on its velocity relative to the Earth and the time it lives (proper time).

(c) Verify that these two distances are related through length contraction γ = 3.20?

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Discovering Advanced Algebra An Investigative Approach

ISBN: 978-1559539845

1st edition

Authors: Jerald Murdock, Ellen Kamischke, Eric Kamischke

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