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9 - Quantitative problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Tatsu Takeuchi
Tatsu Takeuchi
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Addition of velocities

Solve the following problems pictorially using spacetime diagrams. (Do not resort to the equation provided in the endnotes of Chapter 4.)

  1. A tree is at rest on the ground, and a car is traveling to the right at speed ½c. If a ball is traveling to the left at speed ½c in the tree-frame, what is its speed in the car-frame?

  2. A tree is at rest on the ground, and a car is traveling to the right at speed ½c. If a ball is traveling to the left at speed ⅓c in the tree-frame, what is its speed in the car-frame?

  3. A tree is at rest on the ground, and a car is traveling to the right at speed ½c. If a ball is traveling to the right at speed ¼c in the tree-frame, what is its speed in the car-frame?

  4. A tree is at rest on the ground, and a car is traveling to the right at speed ½c. If a ball is traveling to the right at speed ¼c in the car-frame, what is its speed in the tree-frame?

  5. A tree is at rest on the ground, and a car is traveling to the right at speed ⅓c. If a ball is traveling to the right at speed ⅓c in the car-frame, what is its speed in the tree-frame?

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An Illustrated Guide to Relativity , pp. 200 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010

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  • Quantitative problems
  • Tatsu Takeuchi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779121.011
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  • Quantitative problems
  • Tatsu Takeuchi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779121.011
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  • Quantitative problems
  • Tatsu Takeuchi, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Book: An Illustrated Guide to Relativity
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779121.011
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