angela2009
Apr 27, 2009, 03:57 PM
If it takes 3250 MeV of work to accelerate a proton from rest to a speed of v, determine v
Perito
Apr 27, 2009, 04:15 PM
You must determine the relativistic kinetic energy of the particle and solve for velocity. If the speed isn't close to the speed of light, you can approximate it with
E \approx \frac 12 mv^2
but you probably already know that. The relativistic formula is
E = mc^2 \Large (\frac {1}{\sqrt{1-(v/c)^2}} - 1)
Here's a link that will give you more information.
Kinetic energy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy)