Distance traveled according to observerson spacecraft

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A certain star is 19.5 light years away...

a) How long would it take a spacecraft traveling 0.930c to reach that star from Earth, as measured by observers on Earth?
b) How long would it take a spacecraft traveling 0.930c to reach that star from Earth, as measured by observers on the spacecraft?
c) What is the distance traveled according to observerson the spacecraft?
d) What will the spacecraft occupants compute theirspeed to be from the results of B and C?

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