Someone in Earth's Rest Frame Says That a Spaceship's Trip

question 23

Multiple Choice

Someone in Earth's rest frame says that a spaceship's trip between two planets took 10.0 y,while an astronaut on the spaceship says that the trip took 6.27 y.Find the velocity of the spaceship in terms of the speed of light.

• A)0.779 c
• B)0.687 c
• C)0.975 c
• D)0.384 c

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Definitions:

Mental Symbols

Representations in the mind that stand in for objects, concepts, or actions, allowing individuals to think, remember, and solve problems.

Pretend Play

Pertains to imaginative play where children create scenarios and roles, demonstrating creativity and the ability to symbolize abstract concepts.

Substage 6

The final phase of Jean Piaget's sensorimotor stage of cognitive development, where infants aged about 18-24 months start to develop symbolic thought and mental representation.

Sensorimotor Period

A stage in Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where infants learn through interacting with their environment using their senses and motor actions.