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(II) What is the minimum angular speed at which
Chapter 31, Problem 14P(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
(II) What is the minimum angular speed at which Michelson's eight-sided mirror would have had to rotate to reflect light into an observer's eye by succeeding mirror faces (Fig. 22-10)?
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QUESTION:
(II) What is the minimum angular speed at which Michelson's eight-sided mirror would have had to rotate to reflect light into an observer's eye by succeeding mirror faces (Fig. 22-10)?
ANSWER:
Solution 14P
The distance light travels is 70 km = 70000 m roundtrip.
Speed of light = 3*108 m/s
The time taken for this is 70000 m / (3 * 108 m/s) = 2.33 * 10-4