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    Riding With a Particle: Measuring Its Lifetime

    A particle lives for a short time before breaking apart into other particles. Suppose it is moving at a speed of 0.996c, and an observer who is stationary in a laboratory measures the particle's lifetime to be 3.00 10-8 s. What is the lifetime according to a hypothetical person who is riding...
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