Find Speed of Electron Given Momentum - Equation Explained

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The discussion focuses on calculating the speed of an electron given its momentum of 4.8 x 10-19 kg·m/s using the relativistic momentum equation p = mv / √(1 - (v/c)2). The textbook reformulates this equation to p = (mc)(v/c) / √(1 - (v/c)2), which can be derived by manipulating the original equation. The solution involves isolating the variable v and applying algebraic techniques to solve for the speed of the electron.

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find the speed of an electron.
given that the momentum of the electron is 4.8 x 10-19kg.m/s

p=mv/ sqr root of 1-(v/c)2



use the above equation to find v.
The solution in the textbook re-writes the above equation as
p=(mc)(v/c)/sqr root 1-(v/c)2. How on Earth do they come to this, and how is this equation solved. been sitting with this for a long time and very confused.
 
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