A spaceship of proper length Lp = 350 m moves past a transmitting station at a speed of 0.89c. (The transmitting station broadcasts signals that travel at the speed of light.) A clock is attached to the nose of the spaceship and a second clock is attached to the transmitting station. The instant that the nose of the spaceship passes the transmitter, the clock attached to the transmitter and the clock attached to the nose of the spaceship are set equal to zero. The instant that the tail of the spaceship passes the transmitter a signal is sent by the transmitter that is subsequently detected by a receiver in the nose of the spaceship.
(a) When, according to the clock attached to the nose of the
spaceship, is the signal sent?
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TIME DILATION:
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t=
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t(proper)
LENGTH CONTRACTION: L=L(proper)/
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11?v2c2??????
3. The attempt at a solution
The question before the
one included in part a asked when, according to the clock at
the nose of the ship, was the signal sent? I got the answer for
that by simply dividing the length of the spaceship [450m] by .61c
[ 61% the speed of light]. This gave me 2.5 microseconds which is
correct. However, when I tried to answer the question posed in part
a, my answer is wrong. My method was to figure out the time dilation using the
2.5 microseconds and multiplying it by gamma. This gave me 3.1
microseconds. Am I correct in my logic in adding the 3.1
microsecond time dilation to the 2.5 microsecond proper time to get
5.6 microseconds for
the time to receive the signal
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