Question about eccentric billionaire from French's Special Relativity text

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The discussion centers on a question from French's Special Relativity regarding the cost of a hypothetical scenario, which is stated to be approximately $50,000 in the textbook. The participant expresses confusion over their solution attempt and questions whether the textbook answer is incorrect. Additionally, there is a clarification about the molecular structure of hydrogen gas, confirming that standard hydrogen is diatomic, while tritium gas is also diatomic.

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Homework Statement


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

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Homework Equations



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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