Tuesday, May 24, 2011

AP Assignment

A train is traveling at .6c . All teh clocks on the train and the station are arranged so that t' =0 and t =0 when the back of the train is at the back of the station. The train measures 240 m long in its own frame, i.e. x' of the engine driver is 240m. A passenger is standing at the point which so that when his watch says t=0 the engine driver is exactly even with him. Where is he standing on the station? ( i.e. what is his x?). What time does he see on the engine driver's clock (what is t' at x' =240 and t=0).

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