Essential University Physics: Volume 2 (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 33, Problem 46P
You’re a consultant for the director of a sci-fi movie. The film starts with two spaceships, each measuring 25 m long in its rest frame, approaching Earth in opposite directions with speeds shown in Fig. 33.24. The director wants to know how long to make ship B for scenes shot (a) in Earth’s reference frame and (b) in ship A’s frame. Your answers?
FIGURE 33.24 Problem 46; the drawing is in Earth’s reference frame
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