1. Amuonis created by a cosmic ray interaction at an altitude of 60 km. Imagine that after its creation, the muon hurtles downward at a speed of 0.998, as measured by a ground-based observer.. After the muon's "internal clock" registers 2.0 us (which is a bit longer than the average life of a muon), the muon decays. (a) If the muon's internal clock were to the measure the same time between its birth and death as clocks on Earth do (i.e., special relativity is not true and time is universal and absolute), about how far would this muon have traveled before it decayed? (b) How far will this muon really travel before it decays?

1. Amuonis created by a cosmic ray interaction at an altitude of 60 km. Imagine that after its creation, the muon hurtles downward at a speed of 0.998, as measured by a ground-based observer.. After the muon's "internal clock" registers 2.0 us (which is a bit longer than the average life of a muon), the muon decays. (a) If the muon's internal clock were to the measure the same time between its birth and death as clocks on Earth do (i.e., special relativity is not true and time is universal and absolute), about how far would this muon have traveled before it decayed? (b) How far will this muon really travel before it decays?