Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Problems - Page 1150: 69d

Answer

The car is inside the garage with both doors shut for a time of $~~1.36\times 10^{-8}~s$

Work Step by Step

In part (a), we found that the length of the car according to Garageman is $1.93~m$ After the rear bumper reaches the front of the garage, the distance from the front bumper to the back of the garage is $6.00~m-1.93~m$ which is $4.07~m$ We can find the time for the car to travel this distance according to Garageman: $t_{g2} = \frac{4.07~m}{(0.998)(3.0\times 10^8~m/s)}$ $t_{g2} = 1.36\times 10^{-8}~s$ Since the front door of the garage closes at time $t_{g1} = 0$, the car is inside the garage with both doors shut for a time of $~~1.36\times 10^{-8}~s$
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