Assume that CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is perfectly circular with a radius of 4.25km, and has a magnetic field of 8T (acting vertically). Without taking relativistic effects into account, what would the speed of a proton be if it were going around the LHC?

Assume that CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is perfectly circular with a radius of 4.25km, and has a magnetic field of 8T (acting vertically). Without taking relativistic effects into account, what would the speed of a proton be if it were going around the LHC?

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