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Quick questions on Special relativity: time dilation and length contraction - SQA Higher Physics
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State the second postulate of special relativity. [1 mark]
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A clock on a spacecraft moving at measures a interval. Calculate the interval measured on Earth. [3 marks]
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State whether a fast-moving object appears longer or shorter to a stationary observer, and in which direction. [1 mark]
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