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Question #39329

I read that rest mass(Mo) of photon is zero.
Einstein's relativistic mass m=Mo/[1-(v/c)^2]
if Mo=0 then m=0
but also velocity of photon is c then m=0/0 (interderminate)
can anybody explain please

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