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An electron and a positron are accelerated to nearly the speed of light before colliding i...

An electron and a positron are accelerated to nearly the speed of light before colliding in a particle accelerator. The resulting collision produces an exotic particle having a mass many times that of a proton. Does this result violate the law of conservation of mass? Explain.

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