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Why is this incorrect (special relativity time dilation)
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[QUOTE="Ibix, post: 4521690, member: 365269"] Usually, problems of this type assume that observers correct for the lightspeed delay. That means that the flashbulb goes off at 100ns and Anna actually sees the flash a bit later. Anna was kind enough to subtract off the "bit later", so you know when the flash went off, not when Anna saw it. Your answer is wrong because you are assuming that the flash went off at t=0 and Anna saw it at t=100ns. That's not what the question says. Bob thinks the flashbulb went off at a different time because he is in a different reference frame. What equations link positions and times in different frames? [/QUOTE]
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