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Question 18M.3.HL.TZ1.6b
Date | May 2018 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 18M.3.HL.TZ1.6b |
Level | HL | Paper | 3 | Time zone | TZ1 |
Command term | State | Question number | b | Adapted from | N/A |
b.
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18M.3.HL.TZ1.6b
A positive pion decays into a positive muon and a neutrino.
The momentum of the muon is measured to be 29.8 MeV c–1 in a laboratory reference frame in which the pion is at rest. The rest mass of the muon is 105.7 MeV c–2 and the mass of the neutrino can be assumed to be zero.
(b)
State the rest mass of the pion with an appropriate unit.
[1]
Markscheme
139.6 MeVc–2
Units required.
Accept 140 MeVc–2.
[1 mark]
