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nummyann

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Because of their short lifetimes, very few muons that are produced in the upper atmosphere at high speeds should be observed at the surface of the earth. Yet we detect large numbers of muons at ground level because of the special relativistic effect of __________.
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Since the mass of an object is the same for all observers, it is a relativistically ____________ quantity.
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lorealeza

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Reply #1 on: Jul 28, 2018
Answer to Question 1

time dilation

Answer to Question 2

invariant


nummyann

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Reply 2 on: Jul 28, 2018
Wow, this really help

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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