Answer to Question #296473 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Dianne

Question

How much energy is released by the sun in a minute? Use Einstein’s equation for special relativity.

Answer 1

E = mc², equation in German-born physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativitythat expresses the fact that mass and energyare the same physical entity and can be changed into each other. In the equation, the increased relativistic mass (m) of a body times the speed of light squared (c²) is equal to the kinetic energy (E) of that body.