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Find the speed at which the mass of an electron is double of its rest mass.

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To find the speed at which the mass of an electron is double its rest mass, we can follow these steps: ### Step 1: Understand the relationship between relativistic mass and rest mass The relativistic mass \( m \) of an object moving at speed \( v \) is given by the equation: \[ m = \frac{m_0}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{v^2}{c^2}}} \] where: ...
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