Question: A meter stick moves parallel to its length with speed v = 0.6c relative to you. (a) Compute the length of the stick measured by

A meter stick moves parallel to its length with speed v = 0.6c relative to you.
(a) Compute the length of the stick measured by you. 

(b) How long does it take for the stick to pass you? 

(c) Draw a spacetime diagram from the viewpoint of your frame with the front of the meter stick at x = 0 when t = 0. Show how the answers to (a) and (b) are obtained from the diagram.

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