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Special relativity — Question 37

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Q37 · Practice questionComplex familiar1 mark

QUESTION 37

The graph compares classical and relativistic momentum. Why does the relativistic curve rise increasingly steeply as

v

approaches

c

?

Classical and relativistic momentum curves

(A)

Rest mass falls to zero.

(B)

\gamma

increases without bound as

v

approaches

c

.

(C)

The speed of light increases.

(D)

Momentum becomes independent of velocity.

ABCD

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