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We need to know the equation that shows the relationship between high speed travel (close to speed of light and how much time slows down for the traveling object.


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At speeds close to the speed of light, time is lengthened and distances are shortened by a factor of the square root of (1 - v^2/c^2) where v is the speed, and c is the speed of light.

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