Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1041: 20

Answer

$2.45\times 10^8m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required speed of the ship as follows: $\Delta t=\frac{\Delta t_{\circ}}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}$ We know that $v=\frac{d}{\Delta t}$ $\implies v=\frac{d}{\Delta t_{\circ}}\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}$ After Squaring both sides and simplifying the above equation, we obtain: $d^2=v^2(\Delta t_{\circ}^2+d^2/c^2)$ This simplifies to: $v=\frac{d}{\sqrt{\Delta t_{\circ}^2+d^2/c^2}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\frac{4.24\times 10^8}{\sqrt{(1.00)^2+(4.24\times 10^8)^2/(3.00\times 10^8)^2}}$ $v=2.45\times 10^8m/s$
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