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Comment by codethief

6 months ago

> The energy is exponential.

No, kinetic energy is only quadratic in the velocity, E = ½ mv².

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy

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mminer237  6 months ago

You're correct. My wording was off.

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