using System; using L=Science.Physics.GeneralPhysics; namespace Serway.Chapter39 { /// /// Example08: The Speeding Motorcycle /// Imagine a motorcycle moving with a speed 0.80c past a /// stationary observer, as shown in Figure 39.16. If the rider /// tosses a ball in the forward direction with a speed of 0.70c /// relative to himself, what is the speed of the ball relative /// to the stationary observer? /// public class Example08 { public Example08() { } private string result; public string Result { get{return result;} } public void Compute() { L.Velocity v = new L.Velocity(); v.X = 0.80*L.Constant.SpeedOfLightInVacuum; L.Velocity u = new L.Velocity(); u.X = 0.96*L.Constant.SpeedOfLightInVacuum; L.Velocity up = new L.Velocity(); L.Relativity.LorentzTransformationForVelocity(u,up,v); result+=Convert.ToString(up.X/L.Constant.SpeedOfLightInVacuum)+"\r\n"; } } } //0.689655172413793