No B.S. please.
If anyone wants to elaborate on Einsteins theory of the 40 time travel around the moon at light speed please do so as I was also home schooled for a time.
2007-03-21 14:54:35 · 11 answers · asked by PC Wizard 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared. It means that a very small amount of mass may be converted to a very large amount of energy. This is what a nuclear reactor or an atomic bomb does.
2007-03-21 14:57:02 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what you mean by ' 40 time travel around the moon at light speed' but...
The equation E=mc^2 fall out of the notion that speed of light 'c' is a constant and is the same in all reference frames. It is a simplified version of the equation E^2=pc^2+m^2c^4 (where p is momentum (mv)), that is the faster an object is moving the more energy it will have. If its velocity is 0 the equation is simplified to E=mc^2. This equation simply states that energy and mass are the same thing seperated by a constant, c^2.
2007-03-21 22:35:50 · answer #2 · answered by tennisboy152001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question would take a book to answer. Einstein's theory of relativity predicts that mass and energy are equivalent and can be converted from one into the other. The famous equation quantifies this transformation. It means that the amount of energy(E) equivalent to a mass(M) is equal to the mass multiplied by the speed of light(C) squared.
2007-03-21 22:01:58 · answer #3 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Einsteins equation means that the energy of an object moving at the speed of light is equivalent to it's mass times the speed of light squared.
2007-03-21 21:56:41 · answer #4 · answered by peteryoung144 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
E=mc^2 is is the rest energy of a particle with mass. It comes from the equation E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2 for the total energy, where p is momentum and it depends on the particle's velocity, so if the particle is at rest, its energy is simply mc^2.
2007-03-21 22:30:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
E means energy
M means mass
C means speed of light
2 means squared so c2 means c times itself
Because the speed of light is so large, even a small amount of matter can produce alot of energy.
This equation paved the way to nuclear fusion.
ask about that in your next question
2007-03-21 22:00:57 · answer #6 · answered by huhwhatcaca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
energy is equal to mass multiplied by the speed of light multiplied by the speed of light... the speed of light travels at 3.00 x 10^8 m/s, so multiplying that by itself would get 9.00 x 10^8 m/s (the exponent does NOT change) and then multiply that by what ever mass you have.
PS, sorry for the caps lock, i cant put something in bold here...
2007-03-22 00:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
E=MC². Energy(E) = mass(M) times the speed of light(C) squared(²). The formula is derived from E=MV², with C being the maximum value of V (velocity). If you throw a rock twice as fast, it requires four times the energy to do that.
2007-03-21 22:03:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It simply means that Energy and Mass are interchangable expressions of the same!
2007-03-22 03:20:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
enegy(E) equals(=) mass(m) times the speed of light(c) square(2)
2007-03-21 21:59:39 · answer #10 · answered by sai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋