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Consider the following free particles : a 1-eV photon, a 1-MeV electron, and a 10-MeV proton. Which is moving the fastest? Slowlest? Has the most momentum? The least momentum?

Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems

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Author:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Publisher:Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. Marion

Chapter14: Special Theory Of Relativity

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14.29P

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