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Special relativity: Amy and Britney are twins. Britney travels into space at the speed of 0.8c...
Special relativity:
Amy and Britney are twins. Britney travels into space at the
speed of 0.8c and Amy remains on Earth. If Amy observed the trip to
take 12 years, how long would Britney observe the trip to take?
With reference to Einstein's theory of special relativity, explain
the difference in the answer.
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Answer #1
according to eistein's theory
of relativity, relative motion between objects chages the rate at
which tims passes. As the relative speed increases, rate at which
time passes decreses. Hence, Due to this effect time for an object
moving near to spped of light runs slower and for stationary
objects runs faster. This is why here time measured in amy's frame
of reference (stationary) is more than measured in Briteny's frame
of reference (moving).
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