Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

Published by Pearson
ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1045: 101

Answer

$A.)~0.301c$

Work Step by Step

We know that $K.E=m_{\circ}c^2(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}-1)=eV$ This simplifies to: $v=c\sqrt{1-(1+\frac{eV}{m_{\circ}c^2})^{-2}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=c\sqrt{1-(1+\frac{25.0KeV}{512.24KeV})^{-2}}=0.301c$
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