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A spaceship is moving between two distant stars at 0.932 c. To someone in the ship, the distance between the two stars appears to be 21.7 ly. What is the distance between the stars in the stars' rest frame? 
A) 59.9 ly 
B) 7.87 ly 
C) 17.4 ly 
D) 45.6 ly 
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A spaceship is moving between two distant stars at .932c. to someone in the ship, the distance between the two stars appears to be 26.9 light-years. what is the distance between the stars in the rest frame of the stars?
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A spaceship is moving between two distant stars at .932c. to someone in the ship, the distance between the two stars appears to be 26.9 light-years. what is the distance between the stars in the rest frame of the stars?
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