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 1044: 80

Answer

$1.91s$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\Delta t=\sqrt{\frac{2h}{g(1-\frac{v^2}{c^2})}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta t=\sqrt{\frac{2(3.7m)}{(9.8)(1-(\frac{0.89c}{c})^2)}}$ $\Delta t=1.91s$
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