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How tall is Mount Everest,according to a cosmic ray muon,a subatomic particle traveling straight down toward the Earth at 0.99c? On Earth,the height of Mt.Everest is viewed to be 8846 m.


A) 885 m
B) 6.29 km
C) 1.25 km
D) 176 m

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