You are moving past the Earth at 0.990c and notice your heart beating 88 beats per minute

(a) If a doctor on Earth measures your heart rate as you zip past, what will the measured rate be?
(b) If you had been moving 99.99% the speed of light, what rate would you have observed your heart beats?


(a) 12 beats/min (b) 88 beats/min

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