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Why does the mass of an object increase when its speed approaches that of light?

Why does the mass of an object increase when its speed approaches that of light?

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Apoorva Arora IIT Roorkee
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9 years ago
The relativistic mass of an object is given by
m=\frac{m_{0}}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^{2}}{c^{2}}}}
Therefore, as the velocity increases, and approaches the speed of light, the mass keeps on increasing and approaches infinity.
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Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
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