A Spaceship Visits a Star That Is $4.5$ Light-Years from Earth, and the Spaceship Travels at One-Half the Earth

question 55

Short Answer

A spaceship visits a star that is $4.5$ light-years from Earth, and the spaceship travels at one-half the speed of light for the entire trip.
(a) How long did the trip take according to an observer on Earth?
(b) How long did the trip take according to an observer on the spaceship?

Illustrate how market-based policies can address both positive and negative externalities.

Analyze scenarios based on supply and demand diagrams to identify inefficiencies caused by externalities.

Demonstrate the mechanism and effectiveness of tradable pollution permits.

Explain the importance of transaction costs in the success or failure of private bargaining solutions to externalities.

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