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Could someone please explain why kinetic energy is proportional to velocity squared and not just velocity.
A propulsion system that provides a constant force would typically use energy at a constant rate in order to accelerate at a constant rate and thus rate of change of velocity would be proportional to rate of use of energy. So why is rate of gain of energy not also proportional to rate of change of velocity ?
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A propulsion system that provides a constant force would typically use energy at a constant rate in order to accelerate at a constant rate and thus rate of change of velocity would be proportional to rate of use of energy. So why is rate of gain of energy not also proportional to rate of change of velocity ?
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