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1) Consider a situation where immediately after birth, twins are separated. One continues to live on earth, while the other is whisked away by a space ship at 90% of the speed of light. After 65 years they are reunited. Will they look the same? Show proof of your answer through math

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They will not look the same, the one on earth will look 60 while the one in space will only look about 26.16 the equation is sqrt[1-(0.9)^2] = 0.436 .

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No they will not look the same.
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