Okay, I'm not a science student at all, but the general science class i'm taking in University requires a small section of physics where basically i'm just plugging number to equations, HOWEVER....I seem to be very confused and I honestly am having so much trouble....can anyone please solve these for me or double check my answers?
1) If v = 0.33c, calculate the value of 1-(v^2/c^2)
2) Calculate how much time passes for an observer on a roacket, use 1 as the number of years the observer on earth measures with the following velocities:
okay so for the first one, velocity of 20m/s.
am i solving for tr or t0? because so far i only subbed in 20m/s for v and solved it, and got the answer of 1.
the next velocity is 60,000,000 and 0.2c...now do i substitute 60,000,000 for v and 0.2 for c? or is c in the equation always going to be the speed of light, which is 3x10^8? Thank youuu!
1) If v = 0.33c, calculate the value of 1-(v^2/c^2)
2) Calculate how much time passes for an observer on a roacket, use 1 as the number of years the observer on earth measures with the following velocities:
okay so for the first one, velocity of 20m/s.
am i solving for tr or t0? because so far i only subbed in 20m/s for v and solved it, and got the answer of 1.
the next velocity is 60,000,000 and 0.2c...now do i substitute 60,000,000 for v and 0.2 for c? or is c in the equation always going to be the speed of light, which is 3x10^8? Thank youuu!