One of the concepts of relativity theory is that an object moving past an observer at a speed near the speed of light appears to have a larger mass because of its motion. If the mass of the object is mo when the object is at rest relative to the observer, its mass m will be given by the formula -1/2 m = m when is moving with speed v (in miles per second) past the observer. The letter c is the speed of light, 186,000 mi/sec. If a proton with a rest mass of 8 units is accelerated by a nuclear accelerator to a speed of 170,000 mi/sec, what mass will the technicians observe it to have? Round to the nearest hundredth. m = units

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One of the concepts of relativity theory is that an object moving past an observer at a speed near the speed of light appears to have a larger mass because of its motion. If the mass of the object is
mo when the object is at rest relative to the observer, its mass m will be given by the formula
12-1/2
1
m = mo
when it is moving with speed v (in miles per second) past the observer. The letter c is the speed of light, 186,000 mi/sec. If a proton with a rest mass of 8 units is accelerated by a nuclear accelerator
to a speed of 170,000 mi/sec, what mass will the technicians observe it to have? Round to the nearest hundredth.
m =
units
Transcribed Image Text:One of the concepts of relativity theory is that an object moving past an observer at a speed near the speed of light appears to have a larger mass because of its motion. If the mass of the object is mo when the object is at rest relative to the observer, its mass m will be given by the formula 12-1/2 1 m = mo when it is moving with speed v (in miles per second) past the observer. The letter c is the speed of light, 186,000 mi/sec. If a proton with a rest mass of 8 units is accelerated by a nuclear accelerator to a speed of 170,000 mi/sec, what mass will the technicians observe it to have? Round to the nearest hundredth. m = units
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