-
and you've got to think about why that is not the answer.
-
Why is that wrong?
-
Why doesn't the photon energy turn into my extra mass?
-
Yes?
-
In other words, when I absorb the photon,
-
I also have to recoil to conserve the momentum of the photon.
-
Consequently, my final energy
-
will equal old energy plus photon energy,
-
but that does not mean all of it is rest energy,
-
because there's some energy of motion.
-
So, you've got to make sure that in the end you calculate it
-
so that the total energy is balanced,