Determine the speed of the heavier fragment


The unstable particle at rest spontaneously breaks into two fragments of irregular mass. The mass of the first fragment is 3.00 x 10-28 kg, and that of the other is 1.71 x 10-27 kg. When the lighter fragment consists of a speed of 0.844c after the breakup, determine the speed of the heavier fragment? (Suppose that the speeds are measured in a frame at rest with respect to the original particle.)

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