Determine the mean distance traveled (in km) by a muon of energy 425 MeV before decaying. The rest mass of muon is 105.7 MeV/c and its mean lifetime is 2.2 us. (a) 1.48 km (b) 2.83 km (c) 2.57 km (d) 1.79 km
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