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Hello,
I tried a different route to derive relativistic kinetic energy and I cannot see why it doesn't work. Here is my work:
8.00000000000000E+01 RM, Rest mass of object
7.50000000000000E+05 v, velocity of object
6.00001877636573E+07 Momentum, p,= RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*v
4.50001408227429E+13 Energy= p*v = RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*v^2 equation 1
4.50002112348160E+13 kE= 2*((RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*c^2)-(RM*c^2)) equation 2
My question is, why doesn't equation 1 yield the same quantity as equation 2?
I tried a different route to derive relativistic kinetic energy and I cannot see why it doesn't work. Here is my work:
8.00000000000000E+01 RM, Rest mass of object
7.50000000000000E+05 v, velocity of object
6.00001877636573E+07 Momentum, p,= RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*v
4.50001408227429E+13 Energy= p*v = RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*v^2 equation 1
4.50002112348160E+13 kE= 2*((RM/Sqrt(1-(v^2/c^2))*c^2)-(RM*c^2)) equation 2
My question is, why doesn't equation 1 yield the same quantity as equation 2?