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A Student Is on Mars Standing on the Gangplank of a Spaceship

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A student is on Mars standing on the gangplank of a spaceship when she sees an identical spaceship go past Mars at 90% of the speed of light. When she looks closely at this spaceship, how does it compare with her own spaceship?


A) The moving spaceship appears to be shorter than hers, and time on it appears to move more slowly than on her ship.
B) The moving spaceship appears to be shorter than hers, and time on it appears to move more quickly than on her ship.
C) The moving spaceship appears to be longer than hers, and time on it appears to move more quickly than on her ship.
D) The moving spaceship appears to be longer than hers, and time on it appears to move more slowly than on her ship.

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