Spaceship Solange Passes Spaceship Hari with a Relative Velocity of 0.6c.An

question 53

Multiple Choice

Spaceship Solange passes spaceship Hari with a relative velocity of 0.6c.An astronaut aboard Hari observes the length of Solange to be 30.5 m.The astronauts aboard Solange claim that the length of their spaceship is

• A)18.3 m
• B)24.4 m
• C)30.5 m
• D)38.1 m
• E)39.6 m

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