that records Los Angeles time reads 10:00 am, you leave Boston to return to Los Angeles on the same airplane. When you land in Los Angeles, what are the times read on your watch and on the airport clock
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on a flight from Los Angeles to Boston, a distance
of 3000 mi. The plane’s speed is a constant 600 mi/h. You
leave Los Angeles at 10:00 am, as indicated by your wristwatch
and by a clock in the airport. (a)According to your
watch, what time is it when you land in Boston? (b) In
the Boston airport is a clock that is synchronized to read
exactly the same time as the clock in the Los Angeles
airport. What time does that clock read when you land
in Boston? (c) The following day when the Boston clock
that records Los Angeles time reads 10:00 am, you leave
Boston to return to Los Angeles on the same airplane.
When you land in Los Angeles, what are the times read
on your watch and on the airport clock?
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