4. An meson of rest energy 139.6MEV moving at a speed of 0.906c collides with and sticks to a proton of rest energy 938.3MeV that is at rest. (a) Find the total relativistic energy of the resulting composite particle. (b) Find the total linear momentum of the composite particle. (c) Using the results of (a) and (b), find the rest energy of the composite particle.

4. An meson of rest energy 139.6MEV moving at a speed of 0.906c collides with and sticks to a proton of rest energy 938.3MeV that is at rest. (a) Find the total relativistic energy of the resulting composite particle. (b) Find the total linear momentum of the composite particle. (c) Using the results of (a) and (b), find the rest energy of the composite particle.

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composite particle. (c) Using the results of (a) and (b), find the rest energy of the
composite particle.

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