Muons at speed 0.9995c are sent round and round a circular storage ring of radius 550 m. If a muon at rest decays into other particles after an average T =2.2 × 10^?6 s, how many trips around the storage ring do we expect the 0.9995c muons to make before they decay?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 12
d. 6
e. 131


d

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