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A particle of rest mass energy 18 MeV decays from rest into an electron. (a) Assuming...

A particle of rest mass energy 18 MeV decays from rest into an electron.

(a) Assuming that all the lost mass is converted into the electron’s kinetic energy, find ? for the electron.

(b) What is the electron’s velocity?

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