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IF A TRAIN TRAVELS WITH SPEED OF LIGHT; WHAT HAPPENS TO ITS LENGTH?
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Please refer to ther following links for more information on the question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Length_contraction http://io9.com/5527521/what-happens-if-youre-traveling-at-the-speed-of-light-and-turn-on-your-headlights http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happens_when_you_travel_at_the_speed_of_light http://www.physics.org/interact/time-twins/special-relativity.html http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae169.cfm
Time dilation in transversal motion. The requirement that the speed of light is constant in every inertial reference frame leads to the theory of relativity (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Like this: Like Loading...
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According to the theory of relativity, the length will decrease to zero.
