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Homework Statement
1)An ex-student with a new spacecraft 'buzzes' the school oval on sports day at 1.5 * 10^8 m/s. How long does the 100m track appear to him.
2) The sports day began at 9am. The student buzzed the school at an average speed of 0.5c till the presentation ceremony at 3pm. If the clock on the spaceship matched the school time at 9pm, what was the time on the clock when the presentation started.
^^I am not sure I have done these correctly. If someone could check them, that would be great. Thanks very much.
Homework Equations
L = Lo sqrt[1-u2/c2]
T = To/sqrt[1-u2/c2]
The Attempt at a Solution
Let L = 100
Beta Factor:
sqrt[1-u2/c2]
sqrt ( 1 - (1.5^2/3^2))
sqrt ( 1 - 0.25)
sqrt ( 0.75)
So, 100/ (sqrt(0.75))
= 115.47 m
2)
Let u = 0.5c
T(earth) = 6hrs
To(ship) = ?
6 = To / sqrt ( 1 - (0.5^2))
6 = To / sqrt(0.75)
To = 6*Ans
To = 4.5 hrs , therefore time on spaceship clock = 9 + 4.5 = 1:30