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Please help. I keep getting a very large number for thedistance and it is not right when I put it into webassigngrader.

The proper mean lifetime of a muon is 2 µs. Muons in a beamare traveling through a laboratory at 0.68c.

How far do they travel, on average, before they decay? Please help. I keep getting a very large number for thedistance and it is not right when I put it into webassigngrader.

The proper mean lifetime of a muon is 2 µs. Muons in a beamare traveling through a laboratory at 0.68c.

How far do they travel, on average, before they decay?

Explanation / Answer

Given : .           Time (t) = 2 x 10-6 s .            Velocity(v) = 0.68 c . Distance travelled is : .             s   = 2 x 10-6 s * 0.68 * 3 x 108   m /s .                  = 408 m . Hope this helps u!

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