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// Scilab Code Ex8.14: Page-176 (2010)
c = 3e+008; // Speed of light in vacuum, m/s
m = 50000; // Mass of high speed probe, kg
u = 0.8*c; // Speed of the probe, m/s
p = m*u/sqrt(1-(u/c)^2); // Momentum of the probe, kg-m/s
printf("\nThe momentum of the high speed probe = %1g kg-m/s", p);
// Result
// The momentum of the high speed probe = 2e+013 kg-m/s
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