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The mean lifetime of a mesons (pions) is 26 ns. A beam of pions is travelling at 0.93c. As measured in the laboratory: a) What is their mean lifetime? b) How far would they travel before they decay?

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The mean lifetime of mesons (pions) is 26 ns. A beam of pions is travelling at 0.93c.
As measured in the laboratory:
a) What is their mean lifetime?
b) How far would they travel before they decay?

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