How fast does an electron need to travel to weight twice as much as at rest? If your answer is in , where is the speed of light, submit as the answer to 3 decimal places.
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According to m = 1 − c 2 v 2 m 0 = 1 − β 2 m 0 the desired velocity v satisfies the condition:
m = 1 − c 2 v 2 m 0 = 2 m 0
⟹ v = 2 3 c = 0 . 8 6 6 c .