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Well, the energy of each photon is (Planck's Konstant 'h') times (frequency 'f'),

and it's also [ KE = 1/2 m V2 ].

But V = speed of light = c .

Set the two expressions for energy equal.

h f = 1/2 m c2

Multiply each side by 2:

2 h f = m c2

Divide each side by c2, and you have the mass of one photon:

m = 2 h f / c2

This bothers us, because of you go two equations back, you have, as we said,

2 h f = m c2 .

The [ 2 h f ] on the left side is double the energy of the photon. But if there's one

thing that everybody knows about Relativity, it's the fact that [mc2=E], not 2E.

This is a problem about which we don't really feel like worrying right now.

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