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Homework Statement
Assuming you are traveling at 9.80665 m/s in space, how long would it take to reach light-speed?
My teacher told us the question was in-part a trick; we can never truly reach the speed of light, only get very close. She told us to simply give the percentage of the speed of light we'll be traveling at these intervals:
1 day, 7 days, 31 days,
1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years
My teacher told us the question was in-part a trick; we can never truly reach the speed of light, only get very close. She told us to simply give the percentage of the speed of light we'll be traveling at these intervals:
1 day, 7 days, 31 days,
1 year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years
Homework Equations
Equation given: tanh(V/c)
The Attempt at a Solution
1 day: .283%
7 days: 1.98%
31 days: 8.74%
1 year: 77.454%
2 years: 96.823%
5 years: 99.993%
10 years: 99.99%
And I think that's it. Something about by numbers seem... just, off. I might just be being paranoid.
7 days: 1.98%
31 days: 8.74%
1 year: 77.454%
2 years: 96.823%
5 years: 99.993%
10 years: 99.99%
And I think that's it. Something about by numbers seem... just, off. I might just be being paranoid.