1. A student measures the length of a table with a meter stick and the average yields a result of 1.977 m. Later he discovers that his technique for reading the meter stick was faulty in that he did not always read the divisions from directly above. He determines that this consistently results in a reading that is 3 mm too short. a. What error is this? Systematic or random? b. What is the length of the table after the correction? c. What type of experimental error causes the variations in trials, in Problem 2 for example? Systematic or random? a) b) c)

The theory of special relativity explains the connection between space and time to objects that move in a straight line at a constant speed. The objects move at the speed of light. When an object approaches light speed, its mass is endless and cannot mov…