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A proton (mass: 1.67e-27 kg) is brought to within 1.0 pm of thecenter of a gold (Z = 79) nucleus, and released. How fast is itgoing when it is very far away from the gold nucleus?

__________ m/s

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Physics: Principles with Applications
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