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A starship is constructed to be 100 m long in the factory. It is launched and as it coasts by Earth, it is measured to be shortened to 5.48 m long.
(a) How fast, in terms of the speed of light, is it moving past Earth?
(b) What length does the ship's crew measure for the ship?
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Thanks a million
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