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: 26

Answer

$v=0.76c$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required speed as follows: $L=L_{\circ}\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}$ This simplifies to: $v=c\sqrt{1-L^2/L_{\circ}^2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=3.00\times 10^8\sqrt{1-(80.5/124)^2}$ $v=0.76c$
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