Fuel could be transformed to kinetic energy of the spaceship

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A spaceship of mass 2.00 106 kg is to be accelerated to a speed of 0.820c.

(a) What minimum amount of energy does this acceleration require from the spaceship's fuel, assuming perfect efficiency?
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(b) How much fuel would it take to provide this much energy if all the rest energy of the fuel could be transformed to kinetic energy of the spaceship?

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