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Date May 2023 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 23M.2.SL.TZ1.4bi
Level SL Paper 2 Time zone TZ1
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An event has coordinates x = 0 and ct = 0.60 ly in S. Show, using a Lorentz transformation, that the time coordinate of this event in S′ is ct′ = 1.00 ly .

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γ = 1.67  OR  53  OR  11-0.82 ✓

ct' = «γ(ct − vxc)» = 53 × (0.60 +0) ✓

«= 1.00 ly»

 

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