Question: A positron is a particle that has the same mass but opposite charge of an electron. A positron and an electron are initially very far

A positron is a particle that has
the same mass but opposite charge of an electron. A
positron and an electron are initially very far apart
and travel toward each other with a certain initial
speed. Define the system to be the positron and elec-
tron. When they start very far from each other, each
particle has a kinetic energy of 41014 J.
When they collide, they disintegrate and com-
pletely transform into two photons. What is
the total (combined) kinetic energy of the two
photons after the collision?

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