The proper life of pion ($\pi^{+}$) is $2.5\ imes 10^{- 8}s$. In a beam of pions travelling with a speed of 0.9 c, the pion, in the laboratory frame, can travel a maximum distance of

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The proper life of pion ($\pi^{+}$) is $2.5\ 	imes 10^{- 8}s$. In a beam of pions travelling with a speed of 0.9 c, the pion, in the laboratory frame, can travel a maximum distance of

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(a) The pion, in the laboratory frame can travel
$= 2.5\  	imes \ 10^{- 8} 	imes \ 0.9\  	imes \ 3\  	imes \ 10^{8}m\  = \ 6.75m$

Q. The proper life of pion ($\pi^{+}$) is $2.5\ \times 10^{- 8}s$. In a beam of pions travelling with a speed of 0.9 c, the pion, in the laboratory frame, can travel a maximum distance of

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