Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Questions - Page 1144: 6b

Answer

neither

Work Step by Step

In this case, neither of them will record the proper time of the signal. The proper time would have to be recorded by something in the same inertial reference frame as the pulse of light itself.
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