Comments on: Stuck on a few Physics 11 questions regarding the Theory of Special Relativity. Help would be awesome? http://www.golfblob.com/golf-balls/stuck-on-a-few-physics-11-questions-regarding-the-theory-of-special-relativity-help-would-be-awesome/ Your Questions, Our Answers Mon, 21 May 2012 14:34:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: JonB http://www.golfblob.com/golf-balls/stuck-on-a-few-physics-11-questions-regarding-the-theory-of-special-relativity-help-would-be-awesome/#comment-2887 JonB Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:08:14 +0000 http://www.golfblob.com/golf-balls/stuck-on-a-few-physics-11-questions-regarding-the-theory-of-special-relativity-help-would-be-awesome/#comment-2887 For item #1, you're being asked to use E = mc^2. You are given m (0.046 kg), and you should know c=speed of light =3e8m/s. You should also know that 1 J = 1 kg m/s^2. So you convert from mass, to energy in Joules, convert from Joules to kWh, then divide by 16 kwh per day -- which gives you days. #2 and 3 -- the key points of special relativity are that: - speed of light is constant for all observers, regardless of their frame - laws of physics are the same for any observer in an inertial coordinate frame (non accelerating). So ... if you're travelling at constant velocity, on a train or spaceship, any experiment you run on that train or spaceship will have the same result whether you are stationary or moving with respect to the earth. Your rulers appear fine, your clocks appear to run correctly. BUT, if you observe an experiment that is occuring in a frame moving with respect to you -- you think their clocks run slow, and their rulers are too short -- but you still both measure the same speed of light. So in #2, speed of light is constant, regardless of observer. In #3, you would not see any problem with your pulse, but you would think you're friend's pulse is slow, since he is moving with respect to you. Your friend would think that your pulse is slow (since you seem to be moving with respect to him)! For item #1, you’re being asked to use E = mc^2. You are given m (0.046 kg), and you should know c=speed of light =3e8m/s. You should also know that 1 J = 1 kg m/s^2. So you convert from mass, to energy in Joules, convert from Joules to kWh, then divide by 16 kwh per day — which gives you days.

#2 and 3 — the key points of special relativity are that:
- speed of light is constant for all observers, regardless of their frame
- laws of physics are the same for any observer in an inertial coordinate frame (non accelerating).

So … if you’re travelling at constant velocity, on a train or spaceship, any experiment you run on that train or spaceship will have the same result whether you are stationary or moving with respect to the earth. Your rulers appear fine, your clocks appear to run correctly.

BUT, if you observe an experiment that is occuring in a frame moving with respect to you — you think their clocks run slow, and their rulers are too short — but you still both measure the same speed of light.

So in #2, speed of light is constant, regardless of observer.
In #3, you would not see any problem with your pulse, but you would think you’re friend’s pulse is slow, since he is moving with respect to you. Your friend would think that your pulse is slow (since you seem to be moving with respect to him)!

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