m A particle known as a pion lives for a short time before

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m A particle known as a pion lives for a short time before breaking apart into other particles. Suppose that a pion is moving at a speed of 0.990c, and an observer who is stationary in a laboratory measures the pions lifetime to be 3.5 3 1028 s. (a) What is the lifetime according to a hypothetical person who is riding along with the pion? (b) According to this hypothetical person, how far does the laboratory move before the pion breaks apart?

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