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May 22, 2007

#265: Choices: Part 2 explain

Choices: Part 2

[Cueball is doing some exercises in a book. The clock on the wall says 12:50.]

Chapter 15: Special Relativity

Problem 1:

Two spacecraft transmit messages to each other while passing at constant velocities of…

Cueball: sigh

Meanwhile:

[Megan in a bubble and a spacecraft are moving towards each other. Each one has a velocity vector drawn before themselves, each showing a velocity of 0.2c.]

[They pass each other.]

Spacecraft: We observe your speed to be 38.5%c, and your time is passing at 92.3% the rate of ours. Does this mirror your observations?

Megan: Please help me. I think I’m lost.

[They continue with the same velocity vectors. Megan is looking back at the spacecraft.]