Suppose a spacecraft of mass 17,000 kg is accelerated to

Chapter 26, Problem 41

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Suppose a spacecraft of mass 17,000 kg is accelerated to 0.15c. (a) How much kinetic energy would it have? (b) If you used the classical formula for kinetic energy, by what percentage would you be in error?

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