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Bullwinkle in reference frame S' passes you in reference frame S along the common direction of the x' and x axes, as in Fig. 36-9. He carries three meter sticks: meter stick 1 is parallel to the x' axis, meter stick 2 is parallel to the y' axis, and meter stick 3 is parallel to the z' axis. On his wristwatchhe counts off 10.0 s, which takes 30.0 s according to you. Two events occur during his passage. According to you, event 1 occurs at x_(1)=33.0m and t_(1)=22.0 ns, and event 2 occurs at x_(2)=53.0 and t_(2)=62.0 ns. According to your measurements, what is the length of (a) meter stick 1, (b) meter stick 2, and (c ) meter stick 3? According to Bullwinkle, what are (d) the spatial separation and (e ) the temporal separation between events 1 and 2, and (f) which event occurs first? |
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