A pole vaulter at the Relativistic Olympics sprints past you to do a vault at a speed
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(a) What length do you perceive the pole to be as he passes you, assuming his relative velocity is parallel to the length of the pole?
(b) How long does it take the pole to pass a given location on the track according to a track-based observer?
(c) Repeat part (b) from the vaulter’s reference frame and explain why the two answers are different.
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a b t x v 532 m 065300 10 8 ms 273 10 8 s c In the vaulters reference frame the pole is 7...View the full answer
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