University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321973610
Author: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 37.4, Problem 37.4TYU

A miniature spaceship is flying past you, moving horizontally at a substantial fraction of the speed of light. At a certain instant, you observe that the nose and tail of the spaceship align exactly with the two ends of a meter stick that you hold in your hands. Rank the following distances in order from longest to shortest: (i) The proper length of the meter stick; (ii) the proper length of the spaceship; (iii) the length of the spaceship measured in your frame of reference; (iv) the length of the meter stick measured in the spaceship’s frame of reference.

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University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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