Multiple Choice
Radioactive muons formed high in the atmosphere have an average lifetime of 2 millionths of a second and travel toward Earth at nearly the speed of light.They are so high they should have decayed by the time they reach the Earth's surface,according to pre-relativity physics.They don't because they
A) live longer due to time dilation.
B) travel a shorter distance due to length contraction.
C) either of these
D) neither of these
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