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1. (15 pts) A moving hydrogen atom (rest mass 939 MeV/c2, wherec is the speed of light in vacuum) has
a kinetic energy of 313 MeV.
(a) What is the total energy of this atom in MeV?
(b) What is this particle's speed in terms of c?
(c) What is the magnitude of this atom's linear momentum?
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