Question 3
Indicate which of the following statements are postulates
of Einstein's theory of special relativity.
- a.
Matter and energy are convertible into one another
(E = mc^2).
- b.
A moving clock is observed to run slowly.
- c.
A moving meter stick is observed to be shorter then 1 m.
- d.
The laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames
of reference.
- e.
The momentum of a moving object increases faster than the
product of rest mass and velocity when the velocity increases.
- A. a only
- B. a and b
- C. a and c
- D. a and d
- E. a, c and d
- F. d only
- G. d and e
- H. b and c
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