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5.9 Exercise 37

Avg difficulty 2.5

Two astronomical events are observed from Earth to occur at a time of 0.30 s apart and a distance separation of 2.0×109m2.0 \times 10^{9} \text{m} from each other. How fast must a spacecraft travel from the site of one event toward the other to make the events occur at the same time when measured in the frame of reference of the spacecraft?

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