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5.9 Exercise 31

Avg difficulty 2.5

Same two observers as in the preceding exercise, but now we look at two events occurring in spaceship A. A photon arrives at the origin of A at its time t=0t = 0 and another photon arrives at (x=1.00m,0,0)\left(x = 1.00 \text{m} , 0 , 0\right) at t=0t = 0 in the frame of ship A. (a) Find the coordinates and times of the two events as seen by an observer in frame B. (b) In which frame are the two events simultaneous and in which frame are they are not simultaneous?

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