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•• As measured in Earth’s frame of reference, two planets

Chapter 29, Problem 20P

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Problem 20P

•• As measured in Earth’s frame of reference, two planets are 424,000 km apart. A spaceship flies from one planet to the other with a constant velocity, and the clocks on the ship show that the trip lasts only 1.00 s. How fast is the ship traveling?

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QUESTION:

Problem 20P

•• As measured in Earth’s frame of reference, two planets are 424,000 km apart. A spaceship flies from one planet to the other with a constant velocity, and the clocks on the ship show that the trip lasts only 1.00 s. How fast is the ship traveling?

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Here, we have to find the speed of the spaceship according to a stationary observer.

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