Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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

Answer

S' is moving in the negative direction of the x axis.

Work Step by Step

We can find the velocity: $v = \frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}$ $v = \frac{480~m-1200~m}{5.00\times 10^{-6}~s}$ $v = -1.44\times 10^8~m/s$ Since the velocity is negative, S' is moving in the negative direction of the x axis.
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