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Homework Statement
An astronaut is traveling in a space vehicle moving at
0.500c relative to the Earth. The astronaut measures her
pulse rate at 75.0 beats per minute. Signals generated by
the astronaut’s pulse are radioed to the Earth when the
vehicle is moving in a direction perpendicular to the line
that connects the vehicle with an observer on the Earth.
(a) What pulse rate does the Earth-based observer measure?
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
[itex]t_{astronaut}=\gamma t_{earth}[/itex]
[itex]\gamma = 1.154701[/itex]
Then [itex]\Delta t_{earth} = 51.962 s[/itex]
[itex]\frac{75beats}{51.962s} = 1.443beats/s \frac{60s}{min} = 86.66 bpm[/itex]
should be 64.9 bpm.
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