As a spaceship is moving toward Earth, an Earthling measures its length to be Lm, while the captain on board radios that her spaceship’s length is 1150 m. c = 3.00 × 108ms^?1. How fast is the rocket moving relative to Earth in units of 108ms^?1?
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Step 1: The proper length of the spaceship is given as L₀ = 1150 m and the length measured by the Earthling is Lm = 1 m. Show more…
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