Given the mean lifetime of a cosmic ray muon is 3.228 ms and a speed of 29.8 cm/ns, use the constant velocity model to determine how many Kilometers it will travel in its lifetime (check units).
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Since 1 cm = 0.01 m and 1 ns = 10^-9 s, we can use these conversion factors to convert the speed: 29.8 cm/ns * 0.01 m/cm * 10^9 ns/s = 2.98 * 10^8 m/s Show more…
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