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A meter stick is observed to be only 0.900 meters long to an inertial observer. At what speed, relative to the observer, must the meter stick be moving?

A

`0.44xx10^(8)m//s`

B

`0.95xx10^(8)m//s`

C

`0.57xx10^(8)m//s`

D

`1.31xx10^(8)m//s`

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