Chapter 1 Relativity Problems that involve relativistic effects at speeds much smaller than the speed of light or the equivalence of special relativity and Newtonian mechanics at low speeds often require finding the differences ryi-S or 1 yi-g when v =2x 107°, é % and so v= V2 10-8 e = 1.34 x 104 m/s = 13.4 km/s.