Consider a particle moving with a speed of 0.99c. How fast does the particle need to move in order to double its momentum?

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Consider a particle moving with a speed of 0.99c. How fast does the particle need to move in order to double its momentum?

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Introduction:

Relativistic momentum is given by

p=mvp=mov1-v2c2

Here mo is the rest mass of the particle.

v is the speed of particle.

We first find the initial momentum in terms of rest mass. We then apply the momentum formula for double momentum to find the speed of particle.

 

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