Two observers viewed from different sources

In summary, the conversation discusses the construction of a translated Lorentz transformation at t = 0, t' = -22.5 and x'(x = 0) = 67.5, with the question of whether t' = t = 90/c being raised. The need for a diagram to clarify the locations of A and B relative to the common origin is mentioned, and the regular Lorentz transformation is suggested as a possible solution with the condition that t = t' = 0 at the origin.
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HakemHa
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Homework Statement
Here is a question from "Introduction to Special Relativity Ch2, Robert Resnick" that got me confused:
 "Two observers in the S frame, A and B are separated by a distance of 60m. Let S' move at a speed of 3/5c, relative to S, the origins of the two systems O' and O, being coincident at t′=t=90/c.
 The S' frame has two observers, one at A' and one at a point B' such that, according to clocks in the S frame, A' is opposite A at the same time that B' is opposite B:

a) What is the reading on the clock of B' when B' is opposite B?

  b)The system S' continues moving until A' is opposite B. What is the reading on the clock of B   when he is opposite A'?

  c)What is the reading on the clock of A' when he is opposite B'?
Relevant Equations
Lorentz transform
I builded the translated lorentz transform, at t=0 t'=-22.5 and x'(x=0)=67.5 after that I just didn't the question
 
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:welcome:

I think you need a diagram for the S frame. Does it say where A and B are relative to the common origin?

Also, are you sure that ##t' = t = 90/c## is corrrect?
 
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PeroK said:
:welcome:

I think you need a diagram for the S frame. Does it say where A and B are relative to the common origin?

Also, are you sure that ##t' = t = 90/c## is corrrect?
A is in the origin I think
 
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HakemHa said:
A is in the origin I think
Okay, do you have a diagram? I'm still not sure what ##t' = t = 90/c## means. What's your plan for dealing with that? Normally we have ##t = t' = 0## at the common origin.
 
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PeroK said:
Okay, do you have a diagram? I'm still not sure what ##t' = t = 90/c## means. What's your plan for dealing with that? Normally we have ##t = t' = 0## at the common origin.
I mean I just wrote the regular lorentz transform ## \vec X' = \Lambda \vec X + (67.5, -22.5) for \vec X = (x, t)## such that the origins intersect at t=t'=90/c
 
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HakemHa said:
I mean I just wrote the regular lorentz transform ## \vec X' = \Lambda \vec X + (67.5, -22.5) for \vec X = (x, t)## such that the origins intersect at t=t'=90/c
The Lorentz transformation demands that ##t= t' = 0## at the origin.

I'm offline for a bit. I suggest you post your answers.
 

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