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

rishav kumar , 11 Years ago
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Apoorva Arora

Last Activity: 10 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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