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11. Momentum & Impulse - Part 2 of 3
11. Momentum & Impulse / Types of Collisions / Problem 2

The disintegration of carbon-14 into nitrogen-14 is an example of beta minus decay. Consider the carbon-14 decay: {"mathml":"<math style=\"font-family:stix;font-size:16px;\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><mstyle mathsize=\"16px\"><mmultiscripts><mi>C</mi><mprescripts></mprescripts><mn>6</mn><mn>14</mn></mmultiscripts><mo>&#x2192;</mo><mmultiscripts><mi>N</mi><mprescripts></mprescripts><mn>7</mn><mn>14</mn></mmultiscripts><mo>+</mo><mmultiscripts><mi>e</mi><mprescripts></mprescripts><mrow><mo>-</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mn>0</mn></mmultiscripts><mo>+</mo><msub><menclose notation=\"top\"><mi>&#x3BD;</mi></menclose><mi>e</mi></msub></mstyle></math>","truncated":false} where {"mathml":"<math style=\"font-family:stix;font-size:16px;\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\"><mstyle mathsize=\"16px\"><msub><menclose notation=\"top\"><mi>&#x3BD;</mi></menclose><mi>e</mi></msub></mstyle></math>","truncated":false} is an antineutrino. Initially, carbon-14 is at rest. The nitrogen-14 and electron speeds in the laboratory frame are measured to be 4.00 × 102 m/s, and 1.00 × 10⁷ m/s respectively. Nitrogen-14 and the electron move in opposite directions.  The mass of nitrogen-14 is 2.32 × 10-26 kg and the mass of the electron is 9.11 × 10-31 kg. Calculate the momentum of the produced antineutrino.

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