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The neutron has a mass of 1.67 ✕ 10−27 kg. Consider a neutron moving with a speed of 0.910c. (Enter your answer in GeV.)
(a)
What is its rest energy?
(b)
What is its total energy?
(c)
What is its kinetic energy?
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