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What has a greater effect on an object's kinetic energy doubling it's mass or doubling it's speed?

What has a greater effect on an object's kinetic energy doubling it's mass or doubling it's speed?
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What has a greater effect on an object's kinetic energy doubling it's mass or doubling it's speed?

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The equation for finding the kinetic energy of something is K=(1/2)mv^2 so I would say that speed(or velocity) has a greater impact on the kinetic energy because it is squared
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