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| The law of conservation of energy needed to be redefined as the law of conservation of matter and energy as a result of Einstein's equation, which is stated mathematically as ______. |
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| E=mc2. This equation describes the convertibility of matter into energy and vice versa. |
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| In the formula used to calculate relativistic mass, what is the relationship between mass and velocity? |
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| Mass increases when velocity increases. It has been shown in particle accelerations that mass increases as we approach the speed of light. |
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| Accoring to the theory of relativity, as an object approaches the speed of light, what happens to time, space, and mass? |
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| Time expands, space contracts, and mass increases. As you approach the speed of light, time slows down, length decreases, and mass increases. |
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| As an object is continuously uniformly accelerated, its velocity approaches the speed of light. How is the mass affected, if at all? |
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| The mass of the particle will increase. As a particle is accelerated, mass will continue to increase, based on theories of relativistic mechanics. |
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