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The control panel on a spaceship contains a light that blinksevery 1.81 s as observed by an astronaut in the ship. If thespaceship is moving past Earth with a speed of 0.793c,determine the proper time interval between blinks and the timeinterval between blinks as observed by a person on Earth.

(a)

the proper time interval (in s) between blinks

s

(b) the time interval (in s) between blinks as observed by aperson on Earth

s

(c) An electron has a momentum with magnitude six times themagnitude of its classical momentum. Find the speed of theelectron.
c

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Let the spaceship be moving at a speed v 0793 c relative tothe earthAs the astronaut is inside the spaceship he will be at restrelative to the spaceshipSo his velocity relative to spaceship    See Answer
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