Principles of Special Relativity - AP Physics 2

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Determine the observed length of a rod traveling along it's long axis at in relation to an observer.

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Answer

Using the formula for length contraction:

Where is the rest length,

is the velocity of the object

is the speed of light

is the observed length

Plugging in values

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