Chapter 15: Problem 13
(a) A meter stick is at rest in frame \(\mathcal{S}_{\mathrm{o}}\), which is traveling with speed \(V=0.8 c\) in the standard configuration relative to frame \(\mathcal{S}\). (a) The stick lies in the \(x_{\mathrm{o}} y_{\mathrm{o}}\) plane and makes an angle \(\theta_{\mathrm{o}}=60^{\circ}\) with the \(x_{\mathrm{o}}\) axis (as measured in \(\mathcal{S}_{\mathrm{o}}\) ). What is its length \(l\) as measured in \(\mathcal{S}\), and what is its angle \(\theta\) with the \(x\) axis? [Hint: It may help to think of the stick as the hypotenuse of a \(30-60-90\) triangle of plywood.] (b) What is \(l\) if \(\theta=60^{\circ} ?\) What is \(\theta_{\mathrm{o}}\) in this case?
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