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Two events are observed in a frame of reference S to occur at the same space point, with the second event occurring after a time of 1.70 . In a second frame S' moving relative to S, the second event is observed to occur after a time of 2.25 . What is the difference between the positions of the two events as measured in S'?
Use 3 10^8 m/s for the speed of light in a vacuum.

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In special relativity you have no longer a separate absolute space and time but instead a space-time. An event has 3 spatial coordinates and one time coordinate. So, you can also consider an event as a point in space-time. Let ...

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