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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It has nothing to do with the metric system.
The formula is exactly the same if you used Imperial units.
There is a formula for Newtonian kinetic energy that says a mass m moving with speed v has energy
E = ½mv²
There are no metric or imperial units here.
Einstein’s equation is basically the relativistic extension of this.
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