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

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According to special relativity, as an object approaches the speed of light, its momentum increases by a factor of gamma, where gamma is the Lorentz factor (γ=1/√(1-v^2/c^2)). Therefore, doubling the speed of an object would increase its momentum by more than twice the original value.

Including Relativistic Effects,doubling the Speed of a Object