1. Determine the ratio ? = v/c for the following: (a) A race car traveling 200 k

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1. Determine the ratio ? = v/c for the following:
(a) A race car traveling 200 km/h.
(b) A commercial jet airliner traveling 300 m/s.
(c) A supersonic airplane traveling at Mach 2.3
(the Mach number = u/vsound).
(d) The space shuttle, traveling 27,000 km/h.
(e) An electron in a beam of electrons traveling 25 cm in 2 ns.
(f) A proton traveling across a nucleus (10-14 m) in 0.35 x 10-22 s.

Find the relativistic factor ? for each of the above objects. If ? is too close to 1 for your calculator, just provide ?

Explanation / Answer

velocity of light (c) = 3*10^8 (a) 1.85*10^-7 (b) 10^-6 (c) 2.6*10^-6 (d) 2.5*10^-5 (e) 0.4167 (f) 1.14*10^15

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