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Walker, Halliday & Resnick — Relativity: Problem 52

52 The length of a spaceship is measured to be 25% of its rest length. (a) To three significant figures, what is the speed parameter \(\beta\) of the spaceship relative to the observer’s frame? (b) By what factor do the spaceship’s clocks run slow relative to clocks in the observer’s frame?

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Find: (a) To three significant figures; (b) By what factor do the spaceship’s clocks run slow relative t

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