// Ex1_7 Page:17 (2014) clc; clear; c = 3e+08; // Speed of light in vacuum, m/s delta_E = 4e+026; // Rate of radiation of energy from the sun, J/s delta_m = delta_E/c^2; // The decrease in mass, kg printf("\nThe decrease in mass = %4.2e kg", delta_m); // Result // The decrease in mass = 4.44e+09 kg