Chapter 20, Problem 2PE

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Mass of the tennis ball travelling at a speed of 5.36 × 10⁷ m s^-1 is to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

Relativistic effect is defined as the difference in values in the models that can and cannot consider relativity.

Relativistic effect is very crucial for heavier elements having high atomic number.

The mass of the particle $\left(\text{m}\right)$, velocity of the particle $\left(\text{v}\right)$, rest mass of the particle $\left({\text{m}}_{\circ }\right)$, and the velocity of the light $\left(\text{c}\right)$ can be related by the following equation.

$\text{m}=\frac{{\text{m}}_{\circ }}{\sqrt{1-{\left(\frac{\text{v}}{\text{c}}\right)}^2}}$.