I might just be stupid because math is not my strong suit, but it seems like the fact that metric units are able to convert between mass and energy so cleanly is astounding. Especially since the metric system was invented so long before relativity, meaning these units were obviously not designed with this in mind.
What’s am I missing here? Is it possible to write an equivalent equation for imperial units?
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OP, think of it like a recipe.
If you get a cookie recipe in cups, tablespoons, and baked in degrees F…it works.
If you translate all the measurements into metric (mL, degrees Celsius)…it still works.
No matter which unit you use, the cookies will still be cookies. It doesn’t matter how you measure the ingredients, just that the proportions stay the same.
Same with E = MC^2. It doesn’t matter how you measure the E or the M or the C.
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