Part a  One pair of 25 year old twins takes a round trip through space while the other twin remains on Earth. The traveling twin moves at a speed of 0.95c for a total of 39 years, according to Earth time. Assuming that special relativity applies for the entire trip, what are the twin’s ages when the traveling twin returns to Earth?

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Part a 

One pair of 25 year old twins takes a round trip through space while the other twin remains on
Earth. The traveling twin moves at a speed of 0.95c for a total of 39 years, according to Earth
time. Assuming that special relativity applies for the entire trip, what are the twin’s ages when
the traveling twin returns to Earth?

Part B

What speed dilates 2.50 seconds into 50.75 seconds?

 

 

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