An astronaut cooks a three-minute egg in his spaceship whizzing past Earth at a speed of 0.6c.
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An astronaut cooks a three-minute egg in his spaceship whizzing past Earth at a speed of 0.6c. How long has the egg cooked as measured by an observer on Earth? (See table 20.1.)
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table 20.1 Values of y for Different Values of Relative Speed v v = 0.01c y = 1.000 05 v = 0.1c Y = 1.005 v = 0.5c %3D Y = 1.155 v = 0.6c Y = 1.250 v = 0.8c Y = 1.667 v = 0.9c Y = 2.294 v = 0.99c 7.088
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