I was working on a physics problem but I'm not sure if i did it right.
It was dealing with special relativity and time when traveling at speeds that are decimals of C or speed of light.
It gives the values of T= 10 and to = 4.9 and wanted to solve for velocity in terms of a decimal of C
the equation I was suppose to use is T= to/(1-(v^2/c^2)^(1/2)
So the start up equation was 10= 4.9/(1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)
then here are the steps I did
10*((1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)=4.9
(1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)=.49
1-(v^2/c^2)=.2401
-(v^2/c^2)=-.7599
(v^2/c^2)=.7599
v^2 = .7599c^2
v= .871722c
Could someone please check and see if this is right b/c relativity makes my head hurt
P.S. karma for any help
It was dealing with special relativity and time when traveling at speeds that are decimals of C or speed of light.
It gives the values of T= 10 and to = 4.9 and wanted to solve for velocity in terms of a decimal of C
the equation I was suppose to use is T= to/(1-(v^2/c^2)^(1/2)
So the start up equation was 10= 4.9/(1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)
then here are the steps I did
10*((1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)=4.9
(1-(v^2/c^2))^(1/2)=.49
1-(v^2/c^2)=.2401
-(v^2/c^2)=-.7599
(v^2/c^2)=.7599
v^2 = .7599c^2
v= .871722c
Could someone please check and see if this is right b/c relativity makes my head hurt
P.S. karma for any help
