I don't get E = mc2...

[iamgrimreaper]

So let's take a look at what all those letters mean first....
E = Energy.
M = Mass.
C = The speed of light. (About 300,000 Km/s)
So it would go something like this...
Energy = (Mass*The Speed Of Light)^2
Energy = (Mass*300,000km/s)^2
I don't get it. Energy, Mass, and Speed are all measured in different ways. How do I go about this?

[Gobblemeister]

Do

C'mon guys, help me finish

[RacistBassist]

Plug in mass or energy, then solve.

[GiantDouche]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%E2%80%
93energy_equivalence

[tox]

E~ric MC~lachlan MC~gowan is my name.. so that equation makes sense to all you now..

[6r0undZ3r0]

Well, first off, it's Energy=Mass*(Speed of light)^2, not (Mass*Speed of Light)^2. As for the measurements, mass is in kilograms, and the speed of light is in meters per second. Energy can be measured in Joules, which are also (kg*m^2)/s^2.

[TrevorW]

As an object approaches light-speed it acquires infinite mass.

Think from there =]

Sorry I got lazy ;/

[142201]

That equation converts all the units, so they don't conflict. Mass is in kilograms, and Speed is in meters per second, and when you multiply the two together, you get Energy in Joules.

[Knights]

It's simple:

1. Find the mass of the object (e.g. the average male weight is 80 kg).
2. Multiply that number by 300,000,000 squared, or 300,000,000 multiplied by 300,000,000.
3. So your answer would be: 7.2 * 10 to the eighteenth power.

[95688kage]

So you just take the speed of light and divide by zero and...

[Shady]

At 4/12/10 12:06 AM, quagmire690 wrote: E~ric MC~lachlan MC~gowan is my name.. so that equation makes sense to all you now..

If your parents did that on purpose, I'm stealing them.

[BogKid]

I didn't know there were smart people on Newgrounds...

[BrainlessDan]

My dad tried to convince me once that Einstein had it all wrong, it was really E=Mc3.

Of course he was kinda stoned at the time.

[Psycho666]

you got it all wrong! Its E=Mc^2\0!!!!

[Letiger]

E=42/0

There.

[Coop]

At 4/12/10 12:01 AM, iamgrimreaper wrote: So let's take a look at what all those letters mean first....
E = Energy.
M = Mass.
C = The speed of light. (About 300,000 Km/s)
So it would go something like this...
Energy = (Mass*The Speed Of Light)^2
Energy = (Mass*300,000km/s)^2
I don't get it. Energy, Mass, and Speed are all measured in different ways. How do I go about this?

The Energy of any process, is equal to the mass of the involved particles, multiplied by the square of the speed of light, in metres per second.

c squared should be equal (approximately) to 89,876,000,000,000,000.

Thus the energy is expressed as the mass multiplied by the above number.

Ergo, the energy present in a human being a human being is expressed as "shitloads"

[Letiger]

Not to mention you would have to do that for every organ too in the body. Or we could summarize the energy in anything as : a lot.

[Sinitech]

At 4/12/10 06:23 AM, Coop83 wrote:
Ergo

Stop using such fancy words, smarty-pants.

[Letiger]

At 4/12/10 06:29 AM, Sinitech wrote:

At 4/12/10 06:23 AM, Coop83 wrote:
Ergo

Stop using such fancy words, smarty-pants.

He has to our else he would be louche.

Yes I googled fancy words.

[Coop]

At 4/12/10 06:31 AM, letiger wrote:

At 4/12/10 06:29 AM, Sinitech wrote:

At 4/12/10 06:23 AM, Coop83 wrote:
Ergo

Stop using such fancy words, smarty-pants.

He has to our else he would be louche.

Yes I googled fancy words.

I am quite intrigued to know what you find about me as being "disreputable". I have always tried to show that I am a character of the utmost integrity and do not take kindly to such spurious and slanderous claims against one such as I.

[Raab]

At 4/13/10 04:23 AM, Coop83 wrote: I am quite intrigued to know what you find about me as being "disreputable". I have always tried to show that I am a character of the utmost integrity...

Sounds like he's just butthurt about something.

...and do not take kindly to such spurious and slanderous claims against one such as I.

Fuck you, faggot.

[merlin]

E=mcVAGINA

[Auz]

At 4/12/10 03:27 AM, BrainlessDan wrote: My dad tried to convince me once that Einstein had it all wrong, it was really E=Mc3.

Of course he was kinda stoned at the time.

I thought there were some doubts about whether Einsteins formula was correct, but that it should be E=mc^3 is probably not what they are thinking :p

To the OP: There are a lot of formula's in physics that have variables that don't seem to have any connection with each other at first glance ;)

[JohnnyWang]

At 4/12/10 12:01 AM, iamgrimreaper wrote: I don't get it. Energy, Mass, and Speed are all measured in different ways. How do I go about this?

Did you sleep at science class. One of the basic formulas you should know is F=MA -- force is mass times acceleration. Force is measured by Newtons, mass in grams (units in SI), acceleration in meter per second squared.

[ljianyih]

Ask your physics teacher or professor to get the best answer.

[Coop]

At 4/13/10 08:34 AM, ljianyih wrote: Ask your physics teacher or professor to get the best answer.

Yeah, because teachers have always known the right answers.

You've got a better chance of getting the correct answers by using Wiki, it's just that teachers say things with such conviction that you believe them.

[Evark]

He's asking about the measurements. Mass is in grams (or a derivative exponentially more or less sizable amount), c is in meters/second, and energy is in joules, or something else.

Anyway, the cool thing about the equation is that all the measurements, when added together are equal. Mass x (velocity / time)^2 = [energy].

I wish I could remember what was what. But, the monstrosity of units being multiplied and added together actually end up being equal to another unit of energy that you recognize. That's one of the major learning points in AP chemistry: being able to reduce units and convert into the appropriate measures to make the math easy.

[LiquidOoze]

According to me, measurements don't really matter with E=mc^2, since you'll always get, as Coop said, 'shitloads'.

O yeah, for the dumbnoses, 'dividing by zero doesn't make you a hero'. My maths teacher made me remind this to the fact that you cannot divide by zero.