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Macy
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Homework Statement
Derick is fleeing from the cops on a car on a relativistic train. At xr= 0.0m and tr =0.000s the cops at rest see Derick leaving the back of the train and head towards the front of the train on his relativistic car. The cops see him arrive at the front at xr = 1.875*10^5m and tr= 0.00775 seconds. When Derek reaches the middle of the train he throws his drugs at -.6c relative to himself. What are the time and position coordinates of when the drugs reach the end of the train in the police's reference frame?
Homework Equations
Lorentz transformations
Xm =( Xr -vtr)gamma
Tm=(Tr-vxr)gamma
v(in the rest frames reference )= (Vm+ Vme(respecttoearth))/1+Vm(Vme)
The Attempt at a Solution
So first I found the length of the train which I thought to be 600,000 meters and then I used the velocity addition equation to find the velocity of the drugs with respect to the train to get the space-time coordinates but my answer is not coming out right..