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A nuclear bomb containing 6.5 kg of plutonium explodes. The sum of the rest masses of the products of the explosion is less than the original rest mass by one part in 10^4 . a) How much energy is released in the explosion? I used E=mc^2 but it says I got the wrong answer.... I got 5.85*10^17 J ...

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