A K⁰ Particle at Rest Decays into a π⁺ and a π⁻

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Short Answer

A K⁰ particle at rest decays into a π⁺ and a π⁻. What will be the speed of each of the pions? The mass of the K⁰ is 497.7 MeV/c² and the mass of each π is 139.6 MeV/c².

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