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Practice Problems Relativistic Mass: Question
1: A
space ship with a mass of 8,000 kg would have what mass if it were traveling at
0.77 c? Question
2: A
muon has a mass of 1.9 x 10-28 kg when at rest. What is the mass of a
muon if it travels at 0.998 c?
Question
3: The
element iron has an atomic
mass of 55.9 amu's.
What is the mass of a carbon atom if it travels at 0.65 c?
Question
4: An
element is observed to have an atomic mass of 414.8 amu's
while traveling at 0.88 c.
What element would this likely be?
Question
5: What
would the mass of a 9.11 X 10-31 kg electron be if it were to travel
at c?
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