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You toss a ball into the air and note the time interval between the ball leaving your hand and reaching its highest position. While you are doing this, a construction worker being lifted on a hydraulic platform at constant speed also notes the time interval needed for the ball to reach its highest position. Is the time interval reported by the worker longer, shorter, or the same as the interval you report?

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It is longer

Explanation:

According to the theory of special relativity, moving clocks run slower. So, the construction worker moving at a constant speed observers a time much longer than the time I observe since I am stationary. If t is the time observed by me and v is the speed of the construction worker, then, the time observed by the construction worker, t' is given by

t' = t/√[1 - (v/c)²] where c = speed of light

So, the construction worker reports a longer time interval than me since his time runs slower.

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