Centre of mass velocity special relativity

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Why is it that the ZMF velocity is given by the total momentum of the system divided by the total energy?

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That would be in units where c=1.
 
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Simon Bridge said:
That would be in units where c=1.

Even so, where does this result come from?
 

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