Exam 7: Albert Einstein and the Theory of Relativity: Can a Human Ever Travel Faster Than the Speed of Light, at Warp Speed

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If we are traveling at 0.9 times the speed of light and we turn on a flashlight pointed toward the front of the spaceship, how fast is the light moving from the flashlight?

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Name two places where the equivalence of mass and energy has been verified experimentally.

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How are time dilation and length contraction related?

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Einstein's theories of relativity

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If you flipped a coin while going up an escalator, a person observing the motion of the coin would describe the motion as

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Use the Lorentz factor to show that our intuition about what we observe is correct in common circumstances.

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How is the modern GPS (global positioning satellite) system affected by general relativity?

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