A spaceship is designed in the shape of a right triangle which is 517. m long in the x direction and 100 m long in the y direction (in its own reference frame). If you observe the ship to have a constant velocity of 0.530 c in the x direction (where c is the speed of light), what length would you measure for the side of the ship which forms the hypotenuse? m

A spaceship is designed in the shape of a right triangle which is 517. m long in the x direction and 100 m long in the y direction (in its own reference frame). If you observe the ship to have a constant velocity of 0.530 c in the x direction (where c is the speed of light), what length would you measure for the side of the ship which forms the hypotenuse? m

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A spaceship is designed in the shape of a right triangle which is 517 . m long in the x direction and 100 m long in the y direction (in its own reference frame). If you observe the ship to have a constant velocity of 0.530 c in the x direction (where c is the speed of light), what length would you measure for the side of the ship which forms the hypotenuse? i m

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