Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 37 - Relativity - Problems - Page 1148: 51

Answer

$p=2.83mc$

Work Step by Step

It is given that the total energy of the particle is 3.00 times its rest energy. Therefore; $\gamma=\frac{E}{E_{\circ}}=3.00$ We know that $\gamma=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{v}{c})^2}}$ $\implies 3.00=\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{v}{c})^2}}$ After simplification, we obtain: $v=0.94281c$ We also know that: $p=\gamma m v$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $p=3.00\times m\times (0.94281c)$ $p=2.83mc$
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