Suppose that you observe a spaceship passing in front of you at a relative velocity v=0.75c. According to a clock on Earth, 2.5 seconds passed in the spaceship clock.Find the time elapsed for an observer inside the spaceship.



Answer :

Given,

The velocity of the spaceship in as observed by an observer at the earth, v=0.75c

The time interval as observed by the observer on the earth, t₁=2.5 s

The time elapsed in the ship's frame of reference is given by,

[tex]t_2=\frac{t_1}{\sqrt[]{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}[/tex]

On substituting the known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} t_2=\frac{2.5_{}}{\sqrt[]{1-\frac{(0.75c)^2}{c^2}}} \\ =\frac{2.5}{0.66} \\ =3.79\text{ s} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Thus the time elapsed for an observer in the spaceship is 3.79 s

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