Homework Help: phys

Posted by slien on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 9:46pm.

a spaceship travels with a speed of 0.7c as it passes by the Earth on its way to a distant star. The pilot of the spaceship measures the length of the moving ship as 50m. Determine its length as measured by a person on Earth. Answer in units of m.

for this question, do I just find the gamma using 0.7c and then 50/gamma to get the length?

No one has answered this question yet.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

phys - a spaceship travels with a speed of 0.7c as it passes by the Earth on its...
Physics - A spaceship of mass 175,000 kg travels from the Earth to the Moon ...
physic - The star nearest to our solar system is said to be 3.8 ly away. How ...
Physics - a) A distant spaceship carrying a red headlight, emitting light with ...
gravity - A spaceship is launched from the Earth's surface with a speed v. ...
Physics - A spaceship is launched from the Earth's surface with a speed v. ...
Physics - A spaceship is launched from the Earth's surface with a speed v. ...
phys - The proper length of one spaceship is 5 times that of another. The two ...
Physics - 1) Let's continue to investigate your space vacation from last ...
physics question - 1) Let's continue to investigate your space vacation from...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: