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Unreasonable Results

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(a) Find the value of γ\gamma for the following situation. An Earth-bound observer measures 23.9 h to have passed while signals from a high-velocity space probe indicate that 24.0 h\text{24}.\text{0 h} have passed on board. (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 28.2 Simultaneity And Time Dilation, exercise 15

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