Including relativistic effects, doubling the speed of a object:
A) has no effect on its momentum.
B) more than doubles its momentum.
C) less than doubles its momentum.
D) doubles its momentum.

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Relativistically, momentum is given by p = γmv, where γ is the Lorentz factor. As speed increases, γ increases, so doubling speed more than doubles momentum.

Including Relativistic Effects, Doubling the Speed of a Object