Between 1878-1879, Albert Michelson conducted experiments to measure the speed of light. He sent a beam of light from a revolving mirror to a stationary mirror far away and back again. Assuming that in one of his experiments, the distance from the revolving mirror to the stationary mirror was 15.0 km, then the time interval between the light leaving and returning to the revolving mirror would have been:
Select one:
a. 0.00010 (1.0 × 10-4) s
b. 0.00000010 (1.0 × 10-7) s
c. 0.000000050 (5.0 × 10-8) s
d. 0.000050 (5.0 × 10-5) s
Summary Of Answer-we can calculate the time interval by simply finding the distance covered by light rays and then dividing it by velocity of light.Distance covered by light will be twice the distance between rotating mirrors and stationary miirror.
Between 1878-1879, Albert Michelson conducted experiments to measure the speed of light. He sent a beam...
Between 1878-1879, Albert Michelson conducted experiments to measure the speed of light. He sent a beam of light from a revolving mirror to a stationary mirror far away and back again. Assuming that in one of his experiments, the distance from the revolving mirror to the stationary mirror was 15.0 km, then the time interval between the light leaving and returning to the revolving mirror would have been: