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Bob is watching Anna fly by in her new high-speed plane, which Anna knows to be 60min length. As a greeting, Anna turns on two lights simultaneously, one at the front and one at the tail. According to Bob, the lights come 40nsapart.

(a) Which comes on first?

(b) How fast is the plane moving?

Short Answer

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According to Bob, the tail light comes on first and the plane is moving at speed of 0.2c.

Step by step solution

01

Step 1: Determine which light turns on first

Let Anna's frame bes1and Bob鈥檚 be s. And Anna is moving on the positive x-axis at velocity vwith respect to Bob. Event 1is the turning on of the front light. According to Anna,x2'-x1'=-60mand t2'-t1'=0 The time interval between two events according to Bob is as follows:

localid="1659084015792" t2-t1=r[vc2x2'-x1'+t2'-t1']

After substituting the values, we get

localid="1659084075710" t2-t1=vvc2(-60m)+0

As the above expression is negative, event 2occurs before event 1and therefore, the tail light turns on 40nsbefore the front light.

02

Equate the above expression with the given value of time interval

t2-t1=4010-0s

v(-60m)vc2=40109s

rv=-21033108m/s23m/s

vv=-610m/s

Squaring on both sides and solving further yields

v2=361014m2/s21+361014c2

=361014m2/s2(1+0.04)

=3.461015m2/s2

v=5.88107m/s

Therefore, the plane is moving at a velocity of 0.2c.

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