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CA AB OM FAL oO: * This problem consists of two unrelated parts. Part I. Avrockct ship $', of length /' meters in ite rest frame, heads toward an observer Oat relativistic velocity v as shown in the figure. When the nose of the rocket ship $' reaches CO, the nase emits a light pulse in all directions. Express your answers to parts a), t} and c) in terms of ', v and c, the speed of light. 4) After what time interval ?, according to the rocket ship S', dees the pulse reach the tail end of rocket ship? b) Afr what time interval 4, according to observer O, docs the pulse reach the tail end of rocket ship? ¢) Are the two times in parts a) and b) related by time dilation, ¢ = tAfi-/e"? I not, why not? 12> o Part IE. A photon rocket uses light es a propellent to travel at relativistic speeds. If the initial and final rest masses of the rocket are Mand Af, respectively, find the final velocity of the rocket, relative to its initial rest fiame, in terms of M;, Mrandc. [a>

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