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Spaceman Spiff overflies the earth 4 times as you observe him. For each of the velocities...

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Spaceman Spiff overflies the earth 4 times as youobserve him. For each of the velocities below calculate how longand how tall Spaceman Spiffs spaceship will appear to be to you ifhe measured it as 100 m in length and 10 m in height just before heoverflew the earth.

VelocityLengthHeight
.25 c93.75 m10 m
.50 c75 m10 m
.8 c36 m10 m
.95 c9.75 m10 m

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Using length contraction formula L LoWhere L the observed lengthLo the proper lengthv    See Answer
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