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What describe the Einsteins equation for the relativity of mass and energy ?

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a small amount of mass contains a lot of energy.
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a small amount of energy can be converted into a large amount of mass.
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a small amount of mass contains a small amount of energy.
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mass can be converted into energy, but energy cannot be converted mass.
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energy can be converted into mass, but mass cannot be converted into energy.
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The correct option is C a small amount of mass contains a lot of energy.
Sir Einstein's mass-energy equation states that mass and energy can be converted into each other by the following relation.
E=mc2, (c=speed of light)
This implies that a small amount of mass contains a lot of energy, which can be proved with an example.
Let we have a mass of 1g=103kg , therefore energy produced by it will be:
E=103×(3×108)2=9×1013J
which is a vast amount energy produced by only one gram (small mass) of mass.
Whereas a small amount of energy doesn't give a large amount of mass because for that we have to divide the energy by c2, which gives a small mass.

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