Question

A train is approaching you at very high speed as you stand next to the tracks. Just as an observer on the train passes you, you both begin to play the same recorded version of a Beethoven symphony on identical MP3 players. (a) According to you, whose MP3 player finishes the symphony first?
A. your player,
B. the observer's player,
C. both finish at the same time. (b) According to the observer on the train, whose MP3 player finishes the symphony first?
A. your player,
B. the observer's player,
C. both finish at the same time. (c) Whose MP3 player actually finishes the symphony first?
A. your player,
B. the observer's player,
C. each observer measures his symphony as finishing first,
D. each observer measures the other's symphony as finishing first.

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Your player

b) Observer's player

c) Each measures their own first

Explanation:

Because given problem is having relative velocity to each other. The person sitting on the train is moving with a very high speed relative to the person standing next to the track.

In this case, the clock situated in the train will be running slow with respect to the stationary frame of reference