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Because of time dilation, you observe the hands of your friend’s watch to be moving slowly. How does your friend view your watch: as running slowly, running rapidly, or neither?
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According to the theory of relativity, time dilation is a difference in the elapsed time measured by two observers, due to a relative velocity between them or to a difference in gravitational potential between their locations. Show more…
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