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What does e=mc2 mean

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e represents the units of energy
m represents the units of mass
c2 is the speed of light squared or multiplied by itself.

Hope this helps!

Burhanuddin Rashid answered Jul 31, 2019

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energy equals mass times the speed of light squared

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