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You and your friend Paul want to have a bet on how fast it cantake to reach another friend Peter who is near the star Sirius B.Knowing that the star has a proper length of 8.6 light years fromEarth, Paul thinks that since the maximum speed of your ship is 70%that of the speed of light, it will take about 9 years to getthere. However, you reason that around 12 years will make moresense.

a)      Whois right from the perspective of you and Paul?

b)      Whenyou reach Peter and explain the bet, he disagrees about who wasright, why is that?

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