How fast would a rocket have to move past a ground observer if the latter were to observe a 3.0% length shrinkage in the rocket length? (c = 3.00 × 10^8 m/s)
a. 1.2 × 10^8 m/s
c. 0.73 × 10^8 m/s
b. 0.60 × 10^8 m/s
d. 0.12 × 10^8 m/s
C
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