A rocket ship flies past the Earth at 87.0% of the speed of…
A rocket ship flies past the Earth at 87.0% of the speed of light. Inside, an astronaut who is undergoing a physical examination is having his height measured while he is lying down parallel to the direction the rocket ship is moving. If his height is mesured to be 1.96m by the doctor inside the ship, what height (in meters) would a person watching this from the Earth measure?
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An alien spacecraft is flying overhead at a great distance as you stand in your backyard. You see its searchlight blink on for 0.150s. The first officer on the spacecraft measures that the searchlight is on for 22.0ms. Which of these two measurements is the proper time?.
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Calculate the magnitude of the force required to give a 0.145 kg baseball an acceleration a=1.00 m/s in the direction of the baseball’s original velocity, when this velocity has a magnitude 0.990c. Express your answer in Newtons.
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