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Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)

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Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)
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Article URL: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/535/why-does-kinetic-energy-increase-quadratically-not-linearly-with-speed Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48692946 Points: 344 # Comments: 185
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