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Why can't you achieve light speed?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

You need to know the Einsteins equation of relativity.

t'=t(1-v2/c2)0.5

Basically this says the time (t') is relative to velocity (v). And C is the speed of light

If v=c you get:

t'=t(1-1)0.5=tx0

Therefore time stops for you when you reach the speed of light.

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