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Topic: Special Relativity

A muon is an unstable subatomic particle with a mean lifetime of 2.20 μs when it's sitting still.

Muons are often produced when high energy photons hit regular atoms, in Earth's upper atmosphere.

Data from high-speed muons demonstrate time-dilation when more muons than expected survive the trip down from the upper atmosphere to ground-based detectors.

Muons have an apparent lifetime of 19.36 μs. How fast were they travelling?

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