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A photon creates a pair of electron-positron with equal kinetic energy. Let kinetic energy of each particle is 0.29MeV. Then what should be energy of the photon

A

1.60 MeV

B

1.63 MeV

C

2.0 MeV

D

1.90 MeV

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