Question: (a) Using the relativistic expression for total energy E and the magnitude p of the momentum of a particle, show that the two quantities are

(a) Using the relativistic expression for total energy E and the magnitude p of the momentum of a particle, show that the two quantities are related by E2 = p2c2 + (mc2)2.
(b) Use this expression to deter-mine the linear momentum of a proton with a kinetic energy of 1000 MeV.

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