IB skill practice

Apply special relativity time dilation and length contraction

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 4

Lorentz factor from speed fraction

A particle in a train-frame measurement study moves at \(0.45c\). Calculate the Lorentz factor \(\gamma\). Read the diagram before calculating the requested value. Enter the numerical result and choose the interpretation that matches the physics meaning.

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