Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1045: 97

Answer

$v=\frac{c}{\sqrt{1+(\frac{m_{\circ}c}{p})^2}}$

Work Step by Step

We know that the relativistic momentum is given as $p=\frac{m_{\circ}v}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$ Squaring both sides, we obtain: $p^2=\frac{m_{\circ}^2v^2}{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}$ This simplifies to: $p^2=v^2[m_{\circ}^2+\frac{p^2}{c^2}]$ This can be rearranged as $v^2=\frac{p^2}{m_{\circ}^2+\frac{p^2}{c^2}}$ $\implies v=\frac{c}{\sqrt{1+(\frac{m_{\circ}c}{p})^2}}$
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