An observer positioned at the centre of a moving spaceship, length 10m measured in his reference frame, watches 2 flashes of light reaching him simultaneously from both ends of the spaceship.

Another observer from outside the spaceship, seeing the spaceship fly past her, found that the two flashes of light were emitted with a time delay of 13 ns between them.

What’s the speed of the spaceship ?

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