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Anna007 [38]
3 years ago
12

You're caught running a red light on Hwy 316. Attempting to impress the skeptical patrol officer with your physics knowledge, yo

u claim that you were traveling so fast that the red light (685 nm) appeared yellow (590 nm) to you. How fast would you have been traveling (in mi/hr) if that had been the case?
Physics
1 answer:
timurjin [86]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Explanation:

We shall apply here Doppler's effect in optics . The formula is as follows

\frac{\triangle\lambda }{\lambda } = \frac{v}{c}

Δλ is change in wavelength , λ is original wavelength , v is velocity and c is velocity of light

Δλ = 685 - 590 = 95 nm

λ = 685

95 / 685 = v / 3 x 10⁸

v = .416 x 10⁸ m / s

= 4.16 x 10⁷ m /s

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