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Grade 9Mechanics

acco. To einstein, if a body travels at a very close speed to that of light, mass increases,, but acco. To law of cons. Of mass ..this is not permiitted.....how is this possible......pls clear my confusion!!!!!!!

Profile image of Shivam Bhagat
15 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago

the mass is by definition said to increase with speed because the greater the speed the greater the force that is needed to attain a given acceleration