A Spaceship Visits a Star That Is Light-Years from Earth, and the Spaceship Travels at One-Half the Earth
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A spaceship visits a star that is light-years from Earth, and the spaceship travels at one-half the speed of light for the entire trip.
(a) How long did the trip take according to an observer on Earth?
(b) How long did the trip take according to an observer on the spaceship?
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