Multiple Choice
Velma passes Mort at a high speed. Each holds a meter stick, oriented perpendicular to the direction of relative motion. Mort observes that
A) his meter stick is 1 m long, and Velma's meter stick is less than 1 m long.
B) his meter stick and Velma's meter stick are both shorter than 1 m.
C) his meter stick is 1 m long, and Velma's meter stick is longer than 1 m.
D) his meter stick is longer than 1 m, and Velma's meter stick is 1 m long.
E) his meter stick and Velma's meter stick are both 1 m long.
Correct Answer:

Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q28: Very early in his thinking about relativity,
Q29: Mort's twin, Velma, flies to a distant
Q30: In which of the following processes does
Q31: Velma zooms past Mort at half of
Q32: Velma is in a rocket ship moving
Q34: Has there ever been a situation in
Q35: The graph above shows the relativity of
Q36: Velma, inside a train moving at 20
Q37: Which of the following is a form
Q38: According to Einstein's mass- energy relation,<br>A) a