The sun radiates about 3.6 x 1026 joules of energy each second. How much mass does the sun lose each second? Show your work.

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The sun radiates about 3.6 x 1026 joules of energy each second. How much mass does the sun lose each second?  Show your work.

anonymous · Answer

@roadjester

roadjester · Answer

I'm tempted to use Einstein's energy equation which is $E=mc^2$ so mass $\Large m={E\over c^2}$

In this case, "c" represents the speed of light so c^2 is the speed of light squared.

@douglaswinslowcooper would that actually work?

anonymous · Answer

but what could the answer be from that equation..? what would you plug into each variable? @roadjester

roadjester · Answer

E is the energy in Joules
c is the speed of light which is 3 X 10^8 m/s
that's it.