Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1041: 8

Answer

$\Delta t_{\circ}=0.80 y$ The final age is $35+0.8=35.8\ years$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\Delta t=\frac{d}{v}$ But we also know that $\Delta t=\frac{\Delta t_{\circ}}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}$ $\implies \frac{\Delta t_{\circ}}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}=\frac{d}{v}$ This can be rearranged as: $\Delta_{\circ}=\frac{d}{v}\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta t_{\circ}=\frac{25.3ly}{0.9995c}\sqrt{1-(0.9995)^2}$ $\Delta t_{\circ}=0.80 y=9.6 months$ Thus the final age is $35+0.8=35.8\ years$
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