Particle decays at the moment it completes one single trip

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A subatomic particle has an unknown lifetime τ. The particle is created at t = 0 and travels around the Earth’s equator at speed 0.982 c. If the particle decays at the moment it completes one single trip around the Earth, what is τ?

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