Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1043: 53

Answer

$0.999c$

Work Step by Step

We know that $v_e^2=\frac{(1836)(v_p)}{\sqrt{1+((1836)^2-1)(\frac{v_p^2}{c^2})}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v_e^2=\frac{(1836)(0.0100c)}{\sqrt{1+((1836)^2-1)(\frac{0.0100c}{c})^2}}$ This simplifies to: $v_e=0.999c$
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