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Chapter 36: Q. 10 (page 1059)

You are standing at x=9.0kmand your assistant is standing a x=3.0kmLightning bolt 1strikes atx=0kmand a lightning bolt 2strikes atx=12.0km. You see the flash from bolt 2att=10msand the flash from bolt1att=50ms According to your assistant, were the lightning strikes simultaneous? If not, which occurred first, and what was the time difference between the two?

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The assistant is in my inertial frame , she agrees that bolt 2hits first ,20渭s before bolt 1.

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Given Information 

We have given you are standing atx=9.0km, your assistant is standing at x=3.0km, Lightning bolt 1strikes atx=0km , the flash from bolt2att=10ms.

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Explanation 

The bolt 1hits 9kmaway, then the light takes 30渭sto reach me. I see this flash at t=50渭.

Therefore, the lighting hit at t1=20渭s. Light from the bolt 2, which hits 3kmaway, takes to reach me.

I see it at 10渭s, so the lighting hit at role="math" localid="1650112197207" t2=0渭s.

Bolt 2hits first 20渭s before bolt 1.

Hence, the assistant is in my interial frame , she agrees that bolt 2hits first,20渭s before bolt1.

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