A particle physicist launches a weather balloon containing a muon detector to a height of $4000$ m$.$ Muons are a short lived component of cosmic rays with an average life of $2106$ s at rest. The detector counts the particles and determines that their speeds are averaging $0\mathrm{.}99$c$.$ Would the scientist be able to detect the same muons at her location at sea level?

 

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