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Walker, Halliday & Resnick — Relativity: Problem 30

30 In Fig. 37-11, frame $S'$ moves relative to frame $S$ with velocity $0.620c \hat{i}$ while a particle moves parallel to the common $x$ and $x'$ axes. An observer attached to frame $S'$ measures the particle’s velocity to be $0.420c \hat{i}$. In terms of $c$, what is the particle’s velocity as measured by an observer attached to frame $S$ according to the (a) relativistic and (b) classical velocity transformation? Suppose, instead, that the $S'$ measure of the particle’s velocity is $-0.420c \hat{i}$. What velocity does the observer in $S$ now measure according to the (c) relativistic and (d) classical velocity transformation?

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Given: 30 In, . In

Find: (a) relativistic and; (b) classical velocity transformation? Suppose; (c) relativistic and

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Principles of Physics · 11th ISV Edition
Author: Walker, Halliday & Resnick
Publisher: Wiley
Chapter: Relativity