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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Special Theory of Relativity
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26-4 and 26-5: Time Dilation, Length Contraction
26-7: Relativistic Momentum
26-9: Mass and Energy
26-10: Relativistic Addition of Velocities

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 6
Q

At what speed vv will the length of a 1.00-m stick look 10.0% shorter (90.0 cm)?

A
0.436c0.436c

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