What is the speed of the muons in the beam

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The muon's rest mass is 105.7 MeV/c², and its life-time is 2.2 x 10^-6 s. Think a beam of muons with a kinetic energy of 800 MeV. What is its life-time in the beam observed in the laboratory frame? What is the speed of the muons in the beam?

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