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Energy is converted to mass every time your car takes you across town. As the car accelerates from its relative speed of zero, it gains mass because is gains kinetic energy (and gives up mass as it slows and loses kinetic energy). The amount of gain is so tiny at driving speeds as to be unmeasurable, but there is a gain in mass any time any mass is accelerated. At speeds approaching the speed of light, the mass gain is much more appreciable. You can calculate the amount of gain by manipulating the equation E=mc2: m=E/c2. Since c2 in the denominator is such an enormous number, you can see that the amount of mass gained for relatively small increases in kinetic energies will be very tiny.

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