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Free `^238 U` nuclei kept in a train emit alpha particles. When the train is stationary and a uranium nucleus decays, a passenger measues that the separation betwee the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus becomes `x` in time `t` after the decay. If a decay takes place when the train is moving at a uniform speed `v`, the distance between the alpha particle and the recoiling nucleus at a time `t` after the decay, as measured by the passenger will be

A

`x+upsilont`

B

`x-upsilont`

C

`x`

D

depends on the direction of the train

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