Sam Sees Two Events as Simultaneous

question 46

Multiple Choice

Sam sees two events as simultaneous:
i.event A occurs at the point (0,0,0) at the instant 0:00:00 Universal time;
ii.event B occurs at the point (x_B,0,0) at the same moment.
Tim,moving past Sam with a velocity of (0.998 c) ",also observes the two events and sees that event B happened 3.74 µs after event A. Then x_B is

• A)+71.1 m.
• B)-71.1 m.
• C)+569 m.
• D)-569 m.

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