A free 238U nucleus kept in a train emits an alpha particle. When the train is stationary, a nucleus decays and a passenger measures that the separation between the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus becomes 1 at time f after the decay. If the decay takes place while the train is moving at a uniform velocity v, the distance between the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus at a time t after the decay as measured by the passenger is (a) x + vt (b) x - vt (c) x (d) depends on the direction of the train.

A free 238U nucleus kept in a train emits an alpha particle. When the

1.	A free 238U nucleus kept in a train emits an alpha particle. When the train is stationary, a nucleus decays and a passenger measures that the separation between the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus becomes 1 at time f after the decay. If the decay takes place while the train is moving at a uniform velocity v, the distance between the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus at a time t after the decay as measured by the passenger is (a) x + vt (b) x - vt (c) x (d) depends on the direction of the train.
Answer» (c) The recoiling nucleus at a time t after the decay as measured by the passenger is x .