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If a train were to move with the speed of light what would be its length?
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What would happen if a train were traveling at the speed of light and on top of it was a moving car?
According to Stephen Hawkings (you can watch his study on time travel to answer this question) the speed of light is like the "speed limit" for the universe. Nothing exceeds the speed of light. So if you have a train that's travelling at the speed of light (which is impossible, it can travel close but not exactly at the speed of light), and a car is moving on top of it, isn't that technically breaking the "speed limit" or exceeding the speed of light? That's not possible, instead physics would "autocorrect" that and instead of having the car move fast enough to break the "speed limit", time would be slowed down, meaning the car would be slowed down, just enough so that it doesn't break the speed limit. Simply it means, if you were inside that car, time would be passing really slowly. While a week passes for the person in the car, one hundred years would pass in regular time.
Would Light protons stop you if you were going at the speed of light?
No - you would be stopped BEFORE you reach the speed of light, by your increasing mass (among other things). As your speed approaches the speed of light, your mass would approach infinity, and it would require an infinite energy to actually achieve the speed of light.Note that the "speed of light" is not really about light. It is a speed limit of our Universe; some have described it as the "speed of causality".
If you travel at the speed of light in a car and turn your headlights 'ON' What will Happen?
To travel at the speed of light you would have to BE light so i guess you would became an even brighter light The switch to turn on the lights will work but no light will come on as you are already at that speed
IF a bulb travels at the speed of light and is turned on will it glow?
It could not travel at the speed of light. But hypothetically, it would glow.
What is the speed of electricity or lightning compared to the speed of sound and light?
The speed of lightning is somewhere between that of light and sound which is why most scientists would agree that the speed of light and the speed of sound make a good comparison to that of lightning and electricity.
What is the reason to use speed of light in the theory of relativity?
The theory of relativity uses light speed as the theoretical maximum speed of all things in the universe. A question posed Einstein himself is as follows: "If I were on a train travelling at light speed and I walked from the rear to the front, would I not have exceeded light speed?" Einstein: "No, the force you placed on the train in order to move foreward would have slowed the train a small amount, meaning that you would not exceed light speed"
Who invented the steam train the rocket?
Antony invented the steam rocket train but it was actually a light speed train that would time travle into the future at the speed of light it was also $1.000.000.000.000.99 bilion dolars Canadian to ride
how would an observer on train a witch is moving at nearly the speed of light view o'clock on train be which is moving at the same speed and in the same direction?
The clock on train B would appear to be the same width and to run at the same rate
How fast can a man on a train run?
the answer is relative.. if you are standing on the same train, for you the man will be running as fast as it would do on the ground. If you are standing on the ground, then his speed relative to you will be the composition of the train speed + his speed. to make it more interesting.. think now that the train it's running with a speed that approach the speed of light relative to you.
What would an observer on the ground obtain for speed of a ball on a train?
Just add or subtract (depending on the direction) the speed of the ball (in relation to the train) to the speed of the train (in relation to the ground). The above assumes the speeds are not close to the speed of light; if they are, more complicated formulae are required.
If you are travelling at the speed of light in a car what happens if you turn the lights on?
nothing the car would have lost all the matter as it reach light speed and even if that happened the law of matter will be traveling the same speed as you are and the speed you send it (Ex: standing on a train and throwing a ball. the ball will go faster than the train intill friction takes place) does not apply to light, your lights would be on but you would not see them
What would you see if you were on a train travelling at 2 3rds the speed of light and looked out the window whilst a train travelling at the same speed was going in the opposite direction?
You would see the other traing going by you at nearly the speed of light. This may seem counter-intuitive, but that's what happens. The speed of light is an immutable constant that does not care about your frame of reference. In the braydeon domain, nothing moves faster than the speed of light, regardless of frame of reference.
How long does it take to travel 600 light years?
It really depends on your speed. If you were traveling at the speed of light, it would take 600 years. 600 light years equals 3,527,175,223,910,165 miles. So divide that by the speed you would be traveling to get the length of time it would take you.
How long it takes to travel 600 light years?
It really depends on your speed. If you were traveling at the speed of light, it would take 600 years. 600 light years equals 3,527,175,223,910,165 miles. So divide that by the speed you would be traveling to get the length of time it would take you.
Which metric measurements would you use to calculate a train's speed?
A train travels fairly large distances so kilometres would be an appropriate unit for length. Hours would be the best unit for time, so speed would be in kilometres per hour. We don't really metricate time in most applications.
What happens if you move at the speed of light?
You would have infinite mass and infinite length. From your perspective, you would get to your destination in zero time.If you have finite mass now, it would require infinite energy to attain the speed of light, so this can never happen.
What would happen if a train were traveling at the speed of light and on top of it was a moving car?
According to Stephen Hawkings (you can watch his study on time travel to answer this question) the speed of light is like the "speed limit" for the universe. Nothing exceeds the speed of light. So if you have a train that's travelling at the speed of light (which is impossible, it can travel close but not exactly at the speed of light), and a car is moving on top of it, isn't that technically breaking the "speed limit" or exceeding the speed of light? That's not possible, instead physics would "autocorrect" that and instead of having the car move fast enough to break the "speed limit", time would be slowed down, meaning the car would be slowed down, just enough so that it doesn't break the speed limit. Simply it means, if you were inside that car, time would be passing really slowly. While a week passes for the person in the car, one hundred years would pass in regular time.
