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A5 solutions: Time dilation

1. The animation represents two light clock travelling at 2x108ms-1relative to one another. The ball bouncing between the mirrors is in fact a photon of light travelling at 3x108ms-1 so the animation is not entirely to scale. The clock ticks every time the photon hits the bottom mirror.If the distance between the mirrors is 3m calculate.a. The time between ticks for the red girls clock as measured by the red girl.b....

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