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    You want to visit your friend Ford Prefect who lives in the vicinity of

    Betelgeuse, 425 light-years from Earth? (that is, light takes 425 years to arrive from Betelgeuse). You hitch a ride on a passing starcruiser, and as measured by Earth observers, you travel so fast that the trip only takes 426 years. (a) How long was the trip according to you? (b) What is the...
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    You want to visit your friend Ford Prefect, who lives?

    in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, 425 light-years from Earth (that is, light takes 425 years to arrive from Betelgeuse). You hitch a ride on a passing starcruiser, and as measured by Earth observers, you travel so fast that the trip only takes 426 years. (a) How long was the trip according to you...
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    During your biking tour of the Pacific Northwest, you decide to outdo those

    latte-guzzling ecotopians at their? Instead of the four toxic and disposable 1.5-volt batteries suggested for your walkabout CD player, you will place a 2.0 m conducting wand across your handlebars. Pedaling furiously in a direction perpendicular to the local magnetic field, you wish to go fast...
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