Homework Help: Physical Science

Posted by Gina on Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 9:51pm.

A woman standing on the ground sees a rocket ship move past her at 98% of the speed of light. Compared to when the rocket is at rest, the woman measures the rocket's length as..... longer or shorter?

Physical Science - lionell messi, Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 12:23am
longer _at 98 percent the speed of light the speed is too high to be recognized by human eyes the rocket apeers longer than normal since it appears in a straight line a simple experiment is when a string tied to a point with a heavy ball on the end is revoved at a high speed appears cicular

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