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Relativity
Question 2 If you solve for 'v', you will get
which, in this example, gives v = X. As you can see, the electron is traveling almost at the speed of light in vacuum, and we say that this is a relativistic electron. Now, you can calculate the electron speed and check your result here. | |
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