SOLUTION: ok i need to find out how much shorter a 1 meter rod will become if it is moving at 60 miles per hour the equation it give me to solve it is L to the root of 1-v squared divided by

Question 167615: ok i need to find out how much shorter a 1 meter rod will become if it is moving at 60 miles per hour the equation it give me to solve it is L to the root of 1-v squared divided by c square
were L is the lengh
v is the velocity
and c is the speed of light about 186,000 miles per second
if anyone could help that be nice
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ok i need to find out how much shorter a 1 meter rod will become if it is moving at 60 miles per hour the equation it give me to solve it is L to the root of 1-v squared divided by c square
were L is the lengh
v is the velocity
and c is the speed of light about 186,000 miles per second
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The Lorentz Factor is:

c is in miles per second, so convert 60 mph to miles per second:
v =60 mph = 1 mile per minute
= 1/60 mile per second

=
If you use a small calculator and subtract that from 1, you get just 1. It's too many digits for them.
Use the MS Windows calculator in the Scientific view.
A 1 meter rod is shortened by 4.01459385*10^(-15) meters
That's 0.00000000000000401459 meters.
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