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11.4 Exercise 14

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Suppose a W−W^{−} created in a particle detector lives for 5.00×10−25s5.00 \times 10^{−25} \text{s}. What distance does it move in this time if it is traveling at 0.900c? (Note that the time is longer than the given W−W^{−} lifetime, which can be due to the statistical nature of decay or time dilation.)

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 11.4 Particle Accelerators and Detectors, exercise 14

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