Question

1. Two spaceships, each measuring 100 m in their own rest frames, pass by each other traveling in opposite directions. The instruments on end of spaceship B requires 5 microseconds to traverse the full length of A. spaceship A determine that the front a. What is the relative velocity of the 2 spaceships? b. A clock in the front end of B reads exactly one o'clock as it passes by the front end of A. What will the clock read as it passes by the rear end of A?

Answer 1

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