Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 36 - Relativity - Exercises and Problems - Page 1098: 9

Answer

${\bf 167}\;\rm ns$

Work Step by Step

According to the given, the two watches are in the same reference frame and one of them is at the origin and the other at point $\rm P=(x,y,z)=(30,40,0) \rm m$ which means in the first quadrant of $x-y$ plane, as shown in the figure below. Now we need to find the time it takes the light to travel from the original watch to the watch at point $P$. We know that the speed of light is $c$, so $$c=\dfrac{r}{t}$$ Hence, the clock should be preset to $t$, $$t=\dfrac{r}{c}$$ where $r$ is the direct distance between the two clocks which is given by $$s=\sqrt{(\Delta x)^2+(\Delta y)^2+(\Delta z)^2}=\sqrt{x_P^2+y_P^2+z_P^2}$$ $$t=\dfrac{\sqrt{x_P^2+y_P^2+z_P^2}}{c}$$ Plug the known; $$t=\dfrac{\sqrt{30^2+40^2+0^2}}{(3\times 10^8)}=\color{red}{\bf 167}\;\rm ns$$
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