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Re: Not sure of the math

"At 0.3c, plug it into the kinetic energy equation"

You are quite correct with the calculation but it's worth noting the relativistic energy is slightly higher even at 0.3c - at higher velocity it will be much higher.

e.g at 0.8c it's ~2.8e18 J

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