Homework Help: physics

Posted by beav on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 8:55pm.

A proton (mass ) is being accelerated along a straight line at in a machine. If the proton has an initial speed of and travels 3.5 cm, what then is (a) its speed and (b) the increase in its kinetic energy?

physics - drwls, Friday, February 26, 2010 at 9:52pm
You need to specify the acceleration and also provide the missing initial speed following the word "of".

You will also need the mass of the proton, which you can always look up.

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