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If the mean proper life-time of particles is 2.2 x 106 s, the average distance would they travel in vacuum before decaying in the reference frame in which its velocity is measured as 0.6c is

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If the mean proper life-time of particles is 2.2 x 10-6 s, the average distance would they travel
in vacuum before decaying in the reference frame in which its velocity is measured as 0.6c is
395 m
495 m
595 m
690 m

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