DP Physics (last assessment 2024)
Question 17N.3.SL.TZ0.c
Date | November 2017 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 2] | Reference code | 17N.3.SL.TZ0.c |
Level | SL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | Calculate | Question number | c | Adapted from | N/A |
c.
[Maximum mark: 2]
17N.3.SL.TZ0.c
A train is passing through a tunnel of proper length 80 m. The proper length of the train is 100 m. According to an observer at rest relative to the tunnel, when the front of the train coincides with one end of the tunnel, the rear of the train coincides with the other end of the tunnel.
Calculate the velocity of the train, according to an observer at rest relative to the tunnel, at which the train fits the tunnel.
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Markscheme
realizes that gamma = 1.25
0.6c
