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Problem 51P

•• A space probe with a rest mass of 8.2 × 107 kg and a speed of 0.50c smashes into an asteroid at rest and becomes embedded within it. If the speed of the probe-asteroid system is 0.26c after the collision, what is the rest mass of the asteroid?

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QUESTION:

Problem 51P

•• A space probe with a rest mass of 8.2 × 107 kg and a speed of 0.50c smashes into an asteroid at rest and becomes embedded within it. If the speed of the probe-asteroid system is 0.26c after the collision, what is the rest mass of the asteroid?

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Find the rest mass of the asteroid if a space probe with a rest mass of 8.2 × 107 kg and a speed of 0.50c smashes into an asteroid at rest and becomes embedded within it and the speed of the probe-asteroid system is 0.26c after the collision.

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