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Show that a mass of 1.00 amu is equivalent to 931.5 MeV.

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To show that a mass of 1.00 amu is equivalent to 931.5 MeV, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Convert amu to kg We start with the conversion of atomic mass unit (amu) to kilograms. 1 amu is defined as: \[ 1 \text{ amu} = 1.66 \times 10^{-27} \text{ kg} \] ...
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