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A proton's total energy is ten times its rest energy. How fast is it moving?

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The rest energy E0E_0 and the total relativistic energy EE of a particle are given by

E0=mc2E=γmc2\begin{align*} E_0 &= mc^2 \\ E &= \gamma mc^2 \end{align*}

where γ=11v2c2\gamma = \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \dfrac{v^2}{c^2}}}

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