Alpha particles, which may be viewed as Helium nuclei, have a mass of 6.64 x 10-27 kg. If an alpha particle, beginning from rest, is accelerated to a kinetic energy of 1.00 MeV (i.e. 1.00 million electron volts), what is its velocity? Ignore relativistic effects and again use K = }mv². O A. 8.42 x 105 m/s B. 3.07 x 106 m/s O C. 6.94 × 106 m/s C. 9.13 × 106 m/s

Alpha particles, which may be viewed as Helium nuclei, have a mass of 6.64 x 10-27 kg. If an alpha particle, beginning from rest, is accelerated to a kinetic energy of 1.00 MeV (i.e. 1.00 million electron volts), what is its velocity? Ignore relativistic effects and again use K = }mv². O A. 8.42 x 105 m/s B. 3.07 x 106 m/s O C. 6.94 × 106 m/s C. 9.13 × 106 m/s

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