A rocketship of proper length o travels at constant velocity v relative to a frame S (see the figure). The nose of the ship (A') passes the point A in S at t=t' = 0, and at this instant a light signal is sent from A' to B'. (a) When, by rocketship time (t), does the signal reach the tail (B) of the ship? (b) At what time t₁, as measured in S, does the signal reach the tail (B') of the ship? (c) At what time t2, as measured in S, does the tail of the ship (B) pass the point A? |A

A rocketship of proper length o travels at constant velocity v relative to a frame S (see the figure). The nose of the ship (A') passes the point A in S at t=t' = 0, and at this instant a light signal is sent from A' to B'. (a) When, by rocketship time (t), does the signal reach the tail (B) of the ship? (b) At what time t₁, as measured in S, does the signal reach the tail (B') of the ship? (c) At what time t2, as measured in S, does the tail of the ship (B) pass the point A? |A