Physicist1231
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I have a scenario that is driving me crazy and I am hoping someone can help.
My setup:
Person A is at coords (0u,0u,0u)
Person B is at coords (10u,0u,0u)
Person A has a bell and at the same time he rings it Person B moves with a velocity of (1u,1u,1u)
At this point Person B has not "heard" the bell.
For the sake of simplicity let's say the sound of the bell travels at an overall speed of 5u/s.
Notice that Person B velocity is broken down into 3 coords whereas we just know the overall speed of the sound.
My questions are:
a) How long does it take for Person B to hear the bell?
b) What is the breakdown of the bells velocity into 3d coords?
I know it can be done... Just don't know how. Let me know if any more information is needed
My setup:
Person A is at coords (0u,0u,0u)
Person B is at coords (10u,0u,0u)
Person A has a bell and at the same time he rings it Person B moves with a velocity of (1u,1u,1u)
At this point Person B has not "heard" the bell.
For the sake of simplicity let's say the sound of the bell travels at an overall speed of 5u/s.
Notice that Person B velocity is broken down into 3 coords whereas we just know the overall speed of the sound.
My questions are:
a) How long does it take for Person B to hear the bell?
b) What is the breakdown of the bells velocity into 3d coords?
I know it can be done... Just don't know how. Let me know if any more information is needed