A radio telescope is situated at the edge of a lake. The

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A radio telescope is situated at the edge of a lake. The telescope is looking at light from a radio galaxy that is just rising over the horizon. If the height of the antenna is above the surface of the lake, at what angle above the horizon will the radio galaxy be when the telescope is centered in the first intensity interference maximum of the radio waves? Assume the wavelength of the radio waves is Hint: The interference is caused by the light reflecting off the lake and remember that this reflection will result in a phase shift.

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