MCAT strategy: physics

[SaintJude]

I came across an answer choice that stated:

D. Since the first particle will never escape the electric field of the second particle, it will never stop accelerating and will reach an infinite velocity.

But regardless of the problem, an answer choice that suggest an infinite velocity of object can NEVER be true, right?! B/c nothing (for purpose of MCAT) travels faster than the speed of light. So every object has a finite velocity--even if it's c.


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[milski]

As the particle accelerates its mass will increase. As its speed approaches c, its mass approaches infinity and that prevents it from moving at any speed equal or greater than c.

You can safely say that nothing travels faster than light and drop the 'for the purposes of MCAT' in that sentence.