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13.3 Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence
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Time Dilation: Experimental Evidence—Exercise II

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    On average, a muon lives for 2.2×1062.2{\times 10^{-6}} seconds before it disintegrates into other particles. If you're observing such a muon moving in a straight line with speed v=.8cv = .8c, how far will you observe the muon to travel before it "dies"? (Use the approximation c=3×108c = 3 {\times 10^8} meters/second.)

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