In a laboratory experiment, a muon is observed to travel

Chapter 12, Problem 7P

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Problem 7P

In a laboratory experiment, a muon is observed to travel 800 m before disintegrating. A graduate student looks up the lifetime of a muon (2 × 10−6 s) and concludes that its speed was

Faster than light! Identify the student’s error, and find the actual speed of this muon.

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QUESTION:

Problem 7P

In a laboratory experiment, a muon is observed to travel 800 m before disintegrating. A graduate student looks up the lifetime of a muon (2 × 10−6 s) and concludes that its speed was

Faster than light! Identify the student’s error, and find the actual speed of this muon.

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Solution 7P

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To find the actual speed of the muon

Given;

Distance = 800m

Lifetime of muon

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