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Justin is on a spaceship travelling at 0.998c. Onboard the ship is a table of length 2.5 m, with the length inline with the direction of travel of the ship. What is the length of the table as measured by Justin on the ship?

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Justin is on a spaceship travelling at 0.998c. Onboard the ship is a table of length 2.5 m, with the length inline with the direction of travel of the ship. What is the length of the table as measured by Justin on the ship?

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The length of the table as measured by Justin on the ship would still be 2.5 m. This is because from Justin's perspective, he is at rest and the table is also at rest. Therefore, there is no length contraction observed. Length contraction only occurs when an object is observed to be moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light relative to the observer. In this case, both Justin and the table are in the same frame of reference (the spaceship), so they are not moving relative to each other.

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