Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Problems - Page 1147: 25a

Answer

$\beta = 0.480$

Work Step by Step

We can find the velocity: $v = \frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}$ $v = \frac{480~m-1200~m}{5.00\times 10^{-6}~s}$ $v = -1.44\times 10^8~m/s$ We can find the speed parameter: $\beta = \frac{\vert v \vert}{c} = \frac{1.44\times 10^8~m/s}{3.0\times 10^8~m/s} = 0.480$
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