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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2]
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Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2]
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The Special Theory of Relativity

Concepts Of Physics MCQ Edition [Volume 2] · Physics · The Special Theory of Relativity

According to the station clocks, two babies are born at the exact...

According to the station clocks, two babies are born at the exact same instant, one in Kanpur and the other in Agra. Who is elder in the reference frame of the 12034 Shatabdi Express travelling from Agra to Kanpur?

Options

  1. AThe Agra baby is elder
  2. BBoth babies are of the exact same age
  3. CIt depends on the exact speed of the train
  4. DThe Kanpur baby is elder

Correct answer

D. The Kanpur baby is elder

Step-by-step solution

Let the ground frame be SS and the train frame be S′S'.

Let Agra be at the origin x=0x = 0 and Kanpur be at x=Lx = L, where L>0L > 0.

The train is travelling from Agra to Kanpur, so its velocity vv is in the positive xx-direction.

The two births are simultaneous in the ground frame, so tA=tK=0t_A = t_K = 0.

Using the Lorentz transformation for time, t' = \gamma \left( t -\dfrac{vx}{c^2} \right).

For the baby born in Agra: t'_A = \gamma \left( 0 -\dfrac{v(0)}{c^2} \right) =00.

For the baby born in Kanpur: t'_K = \gamma \left( 0 -\dfrac{vL}{c^2} \right) = -\dfrac{\gamma vL}{c^2}.

Since v>0v > 0 and L>0L > 0, we have tK′<tA′t'_K < t'_A.

This means that in the train's reference frame, the baby in Kanpur was born earlier than the baby in Agra. Therefore, the Kanpur baby is elder.
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