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 1045: 98

Answer

$0.55c$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required speed as follows: $v=\frac{c}{\sqrt{1+\frac{\Delta t_{\circ}^2c^2}{L_{\circ}^2}}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\frac{c}{\sqrt{1+\frac{(0.15\times 10^{-9}s)^2(3\times 10^8m/s)^2}{(3\times 10^{-2}m)^2}}}$ $v=0.55c$
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