A tree and a pole are 3000 m apart. Each is suddenly hit by a bolt of

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A tree and a pole are 3000 m apart. Each is suddenly hit by a bolt of lightning. Mark, who is standing at rest midway between the two, sees the two lightning bolts at the same instant of time. Nancy is at rest under the tree. Define event l to be "lightning strikes tree" and event 2 to be "lightning strikes pole." For Nancy, does event l occur before, after, or at the same time as event 2?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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