an airport worker measures the length of a runway to be Lo. a spaceship,s, flies horizontally in a straight line over the runway with a constant speed of .8c with the respect to the runway. according to the pilots wristwatch, the time of flight over the runway was 20 miu/s. the time measured by the airport clock for s to fly over the runway was Tg. the physical dimensions of s can be neglected. does the pilot measure the proper time of flight over the runway? yes/no

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an airport worker measures the
length of a runway to be Lo. a
spaceship,s, flies horizontally in a
straight line over the runway with a
constant speed of .8c with the
respect to the runway. according to
the pilots wristwatch, the time of
flight over the runway was 20 miu/s.
the time measured by the airport
clock for s to fly over the runway
was Tg. the physical dimensions of
s can be neglected.
does the pilot measure the proper
time of flight over the runway?
yes/no
what is the length of the runway as
measured by the pilot?
whats the value of Lo?
whats the value of tg?
Transcribed Image Text:an airport worker measures the length of a runway to be Lo. a spaceship,s, flies horizontally in a straight line over the runway with a constant speed of .8c with the respect to the runway. according to the pilots wristwatch, the time of flight over the runway was 20 miu/s. the time measured by the airport clock for s to fly over the runway was Tg. the physical dimensions of s can be neglected. does the pilot measure the proper time of flight over the runway? yes/no what is the length of the runway as measured by the pilot? whats the value of Lo? whats the value of tg?
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