A starship is traveling at a speed of 0.78c toward Earth when it experiences a major malfunction
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A starship is traveling at a speed of 0.78c toward Earth when it experiences a major malfunction and the crew is forced to evacuate. An escape pod that is 12.0 m long with respect to its passengers is ejected from the starship and sent toward Earth at a speed of 0.63c with respect to the starship. How long is the escape pod as measured by people on Earth?
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College Physics With An Integrated Approach To Forces And Kinematics
ISBN: 978-1260547719
5th Edition
Authors: Alan Giambattista
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