What Are the Frequencies of Photons Emitted from a Decaying Neutral Pion?

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Homework Statement



we are given a neutral pion moving at 0.98c straight in the x-direction. The pions rest mass is 135MeV/c^2. two photons are emitted in opposite direction parallel to the pion's motion.

I need to find the two frequencies of each photon.

Homework Equations



m=0, E=p*c
conservation of Energy E^2=(c*p)^2+(m*c^2)^2
gamma=1/sqrt(1-Beta^2)
Beta = v/c
p=gamma*m*v
E=gamma*m*c^2

The Attempt at a Solution



i know that energy and momentum are conserved but i don't know exactly what i am meant to do with the momentum relation of each pion. i keep trying all different tactics but keep going in circles. i feel like I am missing something really obvious.
 
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If you don't show what you have done, we cannot diagnose where you went wrong. You have two equations (momentum and energy conservation) and two unknown photon frequencies. Begin by writing

Pbefore=Pafter
Ebefore=Eafter
 
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