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28.3 Exercise 9

Avg difficulty 2.5

(a) How long does it take the astronaut in the example to travel 4.30 ly at 0.99944c0 .\text{99944} c (as measured by the Earth-bound observer)? (b) How long does it take according to the astronaut? (c) Verify that these two times are related through time dilation with γ=30.00\gamma= \text{30} . \text{00} as given.

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 28.3 Length Contraction, exercise 9

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