A particle with a mass M=8.2 MeV/c² and50.84 MeV/c at rest decays into two particles. The first with mass m =the second one is massless (i.e. a photon). It is given that the life-time of the particle with a mass m is 7 =measured by the particle's own frame of reference.How far will the particle m travel before it decays? Give answer in meters.= 8.2 × 10-6 & as

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