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dalyningkenk

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The end of the last snowball Earth phase roughly coincides with
 
  A) the beginning of the Cambrian period which produced an explosion in diversity of life
  B) the appearance of modern hominids
  C) migration of life from the oceans onto land
  D) the appearance of the dinosaurs

Question 2

Using the velocity transformation formula, calculate the speed in the rest frame of a particle which is seen to be moving at c in a moving frame.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

u = (v+u')/(1+vu/c2 ) = (v+c)/(1+vc/c2 ) = c(v+c)/(c+v) = c
Light speed in one frame will be light speed in all inertial frames.



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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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