a person buys a SUV and discovers that it is too long to fit in the garage, the

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a person buys a SUV and discovers that it is too long to fit in the garage, the length of the SUV is 1.3 times the length of the garage. He decides to drive the SUV into the garage at a speed of .99c. which statement is true?

a. neither the driver nor the person claim the SUV was inside garage.
b. Both the driver and person claim it's inside the garage
c. a person standing near the garage sees the SUV fit inside the garage prior to it collidin into the back wall of the garage, but the driver will claim that it never was entirely inside.
d. the driver standing near the garage sees the SUV fit inside the garage prior to it collidin into the back wall of the garage, but the person will claim that it never was entirely inside.

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Explanation / Answer

actually driver is travelling at such a high speed that whatever he sees ,he sees in relative motion of light thus for him the speed of light is 0.01c but for the person speed of light is c thus light reaches to the person earlier than the driver thus the right answer is c) a person standing near the garage sees the SUV fit inside the garage prior to it collidin into the back wall of the garage, but the driver will claim that it never was entirely inside.

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