How fast ( to three significant figures ) would a bullet of mass m = 0 .
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How fast to three significant figures would a bullet of mass
m kg need to move in order to equal the linear momentum p
of the container ship?
As you would suppose, the bullet would need to travel very fast. The velocity would be so large, in fact, that it could be compared to the velocity of light in vacuum, or
c E ms As a result, the relativistic effect in linear momentum is significant, so a correction is needed, given by pgamma mv with gamma Use these tools to find the velocity v
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ISBN: 978-0077339685
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