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: 61

Answer

$0.88c$

Work Step by Step

We can find the speed of the rocket as follows: $K.E=m_{\circ}c^2(\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-v^2/c^2}}-1)$ This can be rearranged as: $v=c\sqrt{1-(\frac{1}{1+K.E/m_{c_{\circ}^2}})^2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=c\sqrt{1-(\frac{1}{1+2.7\times 10^{23}/2.7\times 10^6(3.00\times 10^8)^2})^2}=0.88c$
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