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You are standing in your backyard on a clear night when Superman flies by at 0.800c....

You are standing in your backyard on a clear night when Superman flies by at 0.800c. Superman is holding a signal light that blinks every 0.050 s as measured by him. What is the duration of the signal light's blinking as measured by you?

a) 0.030 s

b) 0.083 s

c) 0.022 s

d) 0.112 s

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clock in a moving frame will tick slower than the stationary frame, so the time recorded by us will be more than that.

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