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Homework Statement
Two twins start their clocks at the same time, one of them travels for 7 years at a speed of 4/5c, reverses direction and returns at half the speed. The other twin remains stationary, what is the difference in their age?
Homework Equations
t = t_p γ
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm hung up on the thought... when he reverses direction he travels at half speed. Intuitively I think that it takes him 14 years to return at half speed... but is this necessarily the case? How can I prove that it is necessarily 14 years for him to return (considering Lorentz contraction) or find the actual time it would take him to return?