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Design a carefully scaled and drawn Minkowski diagram depicting two reference frames P (x and t) and Q (x' and t') with Q moving at a speed of 0.6c in the positive x-direction with respect to P.
i) If event A occurs at x=1 and t=1 while event B occurs at x=1 t=2, determine the interval of time between these events as measured by an observer in Q. Suggest two other events and use them to demonstrate reciprocity of time dilation. Show the space-time interval is the same for P and Q
ii) If a meter stick is at rest in Q between x=1 and x=2, determine the length measured by an observer in P.