Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 25 - Electromagnetic Waves - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 902: 56

Answer

$5.7\times 10^8m$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\Delta t=\frac{E}{P}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\Delta t=\frac{9.5mJ}{5.0mW}=1.9s$ Now we can find the required the length as $L=c\Delta t$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $L=(3.00\times 10^8)(1.9)=5.7\times 10^8m$
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