A starship navigator measures the distance between the Earth and the Sun. If the ship is moving at a speed of 0.90c, instead of obtaining 93 million miles, the navigator measures a distance (in millions of miles) of

a. 41.
b. 30.
c. 80.
d. 215.
e. 90.


a

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