A Spaceship Moving Past the Earth with a Speed of 0.800

question 10

Multiple Choice

A spaceship moving past the Earth with a speed of 0.800 c signals to the Earth with pulsed laser photons emitted at 10.0-second intervals according to the spaceship's clock. According to observers on Earth who see the flashes, the time interval they measure is

• A) 13.4 s
• B) 16.7 s
• C) 12.5 s
• D) 9.70 s
• E) 6.03 s

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