Physics (10th Edition)

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Chapter 28 - Special Relativity - Problems - Page 819: 18

Answer

$2.83\times10^{8}\,m/s$

Work Step by Step

$\text{Relativistic momentum}=\frac{mv}{\sqrt {1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}$ Given $\frac{mv}{\sqrt {1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}=3mv$ $\implies \frac{1}{3}=\sqrt {1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}$ or $\frac{1}{9}=1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}$ $\implies \frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}=1-\frac{1}{9}=\frac{8}{9}$ $\implies v=\sqrt {\frac{8}{9}}c=0.9428\times3.00\times10^{8}\,m/s$ $=2.83\times10^{8}\,m/s$
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