Question

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.

Answer 1

@roadjester

Answer 2

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?

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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