Question about eccentric billionaire from French's Special Relativity text

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The discussion revolves around a question from French's Special Relativity regarding the cost associated with a hypothetical scenario, with the book suggesting an answer of about $50,000. The user is uncertain about their solution and questions whether their calculations are incorrect or if the book's answer is flawed. There is also a side conversation about the molecular nature of hydrogen gas, clarifying that standard hydrogen is diatomic, and tritium gas is similarly diatomic. The user acknowledges their oversight regarding the molecular structure of tritium. The thread highlights the complexities of understanding both the physics problem and the chemistry involved.
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Homework Statement


This is question 1-9 from French's Special Relativity

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The equations are shown in my attempt at a solution below

The Attempt at a Solution



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The answer in the back of the book states it should cost about $50,000. Where did I make an error here? Or is the answer in the back of the book in error?

I apologise if this is improper to post screenshots instead of the actual text. I wrote this in LaTeX but with a bunch of macros I have defined, and can't remember how to do some of the writing in plain LaTeX to post the text here.
 
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Is hydrogen gas monatomic or diatomic?
 
TSny said:
Is hydrogen gas monatomic or diatomic?

LOL, you're right. I know standard hydrogen occurs as a diatomic molecule but for some reason didn't connect the dots on tritium gas being diatomic too. Thanks!
 
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