A car battery is rated to be able to move 600 ampere-hours (Ah) of charge at 12.0

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A car battery is rated to be able to move 600 ampere-hours (A·h) of charge at 12.0 V.

(a) Calculate the increase in rest mass of such a battery when it is taken from being fully depleted to being fully charged. 

(b) What percent increase is this, given the battery's mass is 20.0 kg?


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In part (a), we first must find the energy stored in the battery, which equals what the battery can supply in the form of electrical potential energy. Since PEelec = qV, we have to calculate the charge q in 600 A·h, which is the product of the current I and the time t. We then multiply the result by 12.0 V. We can then calculate the battery's increase in mass using ΔE = PEelec =(Δm)c2. Part (b) is a simple ratio converted to a percentage.

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