The Effect of Distance and Speed on Time

If Traveler A traveling at 180,000 MPH is going from point A to point B, 4 light years away, and Traveler B is traveling at 180,000 mps/s, the speed will of course effect the amount of time that is needed travel the distance.

Traveler B will reach point B in 4 years, based upon the speed and the distance, it will take Traveler A roughly 1,080,000 years to reach the same point based on speed and the distance mentioned.

Why does this phenomina take place.

What do you mean why does this take place? You have the same distance and two extremely different rates of travel. Velocity is distance over time: the first is in miles per hour and the second is miles per second. The second is literally 60 times faster than the first one and traverses the distance quicker thus.

C0FFINCASE wrote:

What do you mean why does this take place? You have the same distance and two extremely different rates of travel. Velocity is distance over time: the first is in miles per hour and the second is miles per second. The second is literally 60 times faster than the first one and traverses the distance quicker thus.

My whole thought process is the same as yours, I know this already. What I am trying to figure out is the reasoning behind what others think so as to get an idea for the general understanding of physics and theorys like this. If only you, me, Alex, Seftrex, and a few others get it, then the discussion will be very one sided, albeit informative for all parties.