Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Questions - Page 1144: 3

Answer

b

Work Step by Step

We were given that the proper time is 25 seconds, so we look at the time dilation equations. $\Delta t=\Delta t_0 / \sqrt{1-\beta^2 }$ $\Delta t=25s / \sqrt{1-\beta^2 }$ As we can see, as $\beta$ gets larger, $\Delta t$ grows non-linearly. The only curve on the graph that grows non-linearly is "b".
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