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ah yes of course. I have read about that before, I just was not thinking of it here. I was too focused the aspect of time dilation. so is that all you can learn measuring this way? is there a way to use this way of measurement to reach the same conclusion of time dilation that you can reach...

I'm not sure where to go from there. It seems it takes longer for the signal to reach the front. The time it would take forwards would be: t= Ly / (c-v) backwards would be: t= Ly / (c+v) but the person on the train would see them taking the same amount of time. am I solving for the...

so the distance on the way back would be: Ly -vt I'm not exactly sure what you were asking at that last question, but I think you're askign how long it would take the ends of the train? from the back to the front it would be 2Ly +2vt front to back would be 2Ly -2vt would these both equal 2ct?

hello. ok, In a philosophy class I'm taking the instructor went over the proof for time dilation using the pythagorean theorem and the distance=timexvelocity equation to end up with the equation http://hsc.csu.edu.au/physics/core/space/9_2_4/Image4.gif Based on measuring the pulse of...