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E is energy, M is mass and c is the speed of light. An example of this equation is

When Uranium isotope U235 is split in the atom bomb. The new elements remaining are Barium and Krypton. These two masses do not add up to that of Uranium and the difference is made up of high energy neutrons and a large amount of eat energy. The speed of light squared is a very large number so ir only takes a small loss of mass to create a very large amount of energy.

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