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Chapter 5, Problem 80AP

A spaceship (A) is moving at speed c/2 with to another spaceship (B). Observers in A and B set their clocks so that the event at (x, y, z, t) of turning on a laser in spaceship B has coordinates (0, 0, 0, 0) in A and also (0, 0, 0, 0) in B. An observer at the origin of B turns on the laser at Chapter 5, Problem 80AP, A spaceship (A) is moving at speed c/2 with to another spaceship (B). Observers in A and B set their , example 1 and tums it off at in his time. What is the time duration between on and off as seen by an observer in A?

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