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Topic: Relativistic Mass
Neutrons have a rest mass (inertia) of m_n = 1.6749 × 10⁻²⁷ kg.
What is the mass, m', of a neutron whose kinetic energy is equal to one-quarter its own rest energy, as measured by a stationary observer?

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$r e s t m a s s o f n e u t r o n (m_{o}) = 1.6749 \times 10^{- 27} k g k i n e t i c e n e r g y = \frac{1}{4} t h o f r e s t e n e r g y$

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