Astronaut Jill leaves Earth in a spaceship and is now traveling at a speed of 0.280c relative to an observer on Earth. When Jill left Earth, the spaceship was equipped with all kinds of scientific instruments, including a meter stick. Now that Jill is underway, how long does she measure the meter stick to be? A) 0.280 m
B) 1.00 m
C) 0.960 m
D) 1.28 m
E) 1.04 m

(B) 1.00 m

Explanation:

Since the meter stick is traveling with Jill, it will have the same speed as she does so relative to Jill, the meter stick is stationary so its length remains 1.00 m as measured by her.

0.11 m/s and 0.28 m/s should be correct

answer: at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.

explanation:

since we have given that

the population for alpha city, t years after january 1, 2004 is given as

first we find out the initial population, i.e. t=0,

so, our quadratic equation becomes,

according to question, we have said that if the population has twice its initial population, then it becomes

so, time taken to reach this above mentioned population is given by

now, we know that time can't be negative so, we take t=9.149 years.

hence, at 24 february, 2014 the population gets twice of its initial population.