Forexample, ifyoutake a particularradiumisotope, ithas a half-lifeofabout 1,600 years, whichmeansthatifyoutake a billionradiumisotopes, waitfor 1,600 years, halfofthemwouldhavedecayed, andtheresthalfwouldhavestayed.
Soforthat, we'regonnausedistanceequalsspeedovertime, andifyoulookatourclockfrominsidethespace, whenthe, insidethespaceship, whentheclockisatrest, thedistancetraveledbythephotonisjustspeedintotime, so c into t.
Andsoifthetimetakennowislonger, andlet's callthattimeas t dash, thisdistancewouldnowagainbethespeedoflightintothisnewtime, thetimethatweseefromoutsidetheship, t dash.
Thethirdsideisthedistancetraveledbythemirrorinthetime t dash, orthedistancetraveledbytheshipinthetime t dash, andweknowthespeedoftheshipis v, thenit'llbecome v times t dash.