How fast must the particles have been traveling

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Assume you knew some unstable particles have a half life of 1.00 seconds when not moving but had a half-life of 5.00 seconds while in a particle accelerator. How fast must the particles have been traveling in the accelerator? Answer as v/c. I think the answer is about 0.9 c.

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