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Chapter 36: Q. 12 (page 1059)

You are flying your personal rocket craft at 0.90cfrom Star Atoward Star B. The distance between the stars, in the stars鈥� reference frame, is 1.0ly. Both stars happen to explode simultaneously in your reference frame at the instant you are exactly halfway between them. Do you see the flashes simultaneously? If not, which do you see first, and what is the time difference between the two?

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1.)I am at rest in my frame.

2.)The explosions are about the same distance apart.

3.)The speed of light is c,all light will arrive at the same time.

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Given Information

We have given that,

You are flying your personal rocket craft at 0.90cfrom Star Atoward Star B.

The distance between the stars, in the stars鈥� reference frame, is 1.0ly.

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Simply

0.90cfrom Star Atoward Star B,and the distance between the stars is 1.0ly.

Star Ais moving away from me and Star Bis moving toward me in my frame.

Both stars erupt at the same time when I am exactly halfway between them.

The flashes from the two stars travel toward me with speed c.Since,

1.)I am at rest in my frame.

2.)The explosions are about the same distance apart.

3.)The speed of light is c,all light will arrive at the same time.

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