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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Special Theory of Relativity
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Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 34
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To accelerate a particle of mass mm from rest to speed 0.90c requires work W1W_1. To accelerate the particle from speed 0.90c to 0.99c requires work W2W_2. Determine the ratio W2/W1W_2/W_1.

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3.73.7
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