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Question # 1 - prize = 25,000
special rules - only 1 guess per person

How old am I?

Question #2 - prize = $100,000
please cite source of info if you can find the answer

Is the weight of an electron calculated as being it's weight for when it is in motion or still? one of my profs couldn't answer this one and I'm curious

Question #3 - prize = $35,000

What is the name of the campus newspaper that is published at the college I go to? (hint - our mascot is an elephant)

Just three questions for now.
Sorry, I'm tired :-/

Question one 25

Question 1: 20

Tomoyoshi ({Ookami}) 68.17.179.113 ranger-rules)darkdemon34
(darkdemon) $25000 -- imp triv 1 9:18 PM EDT
darkdemon with the win on question number 1

Question 3: Daily Titan

Question 3: The Tuscaloosa News

Question #2 The mass of an electron at rest, symbolized me, is approximately 9.11 x 10-31 kilogram (kg). Found here: 'http://searchsmb.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid44_gci212046,00.html,' I have to add this to get past the spell check :( I found it on a what is search. Question #1 I will guess 23 Question #3 I will try shortly after some quick research

Q1: 19

Q2: The mass of an electron is calculated as it is moving using the equation E= 1/2 mv^2. I'm not sure of any way to measure a particle's mass at rest.

Question 3: The Daily Titan

Question 3: The Auburn Plainsman, or The Crimson White

Question 3: The Orion

http://acept.la.asu.edu/PiN/rdg/electrons/electron1.shtml Sorry, I forgot to put a citation...will this work? Please let me know if you want more and I'll search the net for another site or two. Chat mail me.

Awesome :-)

Swim's Delirium got question #3 with the Crimson White - great work Swim

Babbler scored on #2

I know it's a little dorky of me, but when we were talking about electrons, we learned their weight/mass and then talked about how fast they travel. I know when something approaches the speed of light its mass increases, and my professor couldn't answer whether the mass of an electron was it's mass at rest or in motion.

In addition to Babbler's link giving an electron's mass at rest, it also contained the following excerpt (didn't check the other links because his was already correct, thanks for your participation though)

"Electrons moving at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light, for example in a particle accelerator, have greater mass because of relativistic effects."

prizes to be sent shortly

Babbler didn't really answer your question...did he?

Logically speaking, the mass of an electron would be that at rest, otherwise you would have to specify the mass of the electron traveling with velocity x m/s. Just as with any other mass measurement, unless it is stated otherwise, it is the mass for an object at rest.

Kultur, that's what I thought, but just wanted to know for sure...frustrated me that nobody in the department could answer definitely, so thought I'd use it here :-)

Deifeln is also awarded 100k for answering my question (my apologies. babbler answered what I was really wondering, but you're right, what you said and sent does answer the question I asked) oops :-)

as usual...I don't mind paying for my mistakes. One day I'll learn so you guys won't have to catch me and so I'll have more cash :-)

Tomoyoshi ({Ookami}) 68.17.179.113 deifeln (Oy) $100000 9:40 PM EDT
Tomoyoshi ({Ookami}) 68.17.179.113 babbler (Babbler) $100000 9:36 PM EDT
Tomoyoshi ({Ookami}) 68.17.179.113 SWIM'sDelirium-[bA (Havoc) $35000 9:36 PM EDT

Good luck in your exams if your professors couldn't answer that one!
In motion an objects mass will always be changing due to speed through acceleration and deceleration so the only standard mass you can gain is one at rest.