something wrong with Reiny's previous solution?
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1459772906
Help please. I know how to compute for the rest mass but how can you solve this problem. Solve for v in m = m0/(sqrt of 1 - (v^2/c^2)
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I did this in a rather lengthy series of steps here.
Steve has a more simplified version and also found an typo in mine
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1459772906
my last 3 lines should have been
v^2 = (c^2 m^2 - m0^2c^2)/m^2
v^2 = c^2 - m0^2c^2/m^2
v = c√(1 - m0^2/m^2)
which matches his last line
Steve has a more simplified version and also found an typo in mine
http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1459772906
my last 3 lines should have been
v^2 = (c^2 m^2 - m0^2c^2)/m^2
v^2 = c^2 - m0^2c^2/m^2
v = c√(1 - m0^2/m^2)
which matches his last line
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