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lakkis [162]
2 years ago
14

Galileo performed an experiment to measure the speed of light by timing how long it took light to travel from a lamp he was hold

ing to an assistant about 1.5 km away and back again. Why was Galileo unable to conclude that light had a finite speed?
Physics
1 answer:
krok68 [10]2 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The time it takes light to cover 1.5 km was too short to be measured by Galileo's instruments.

Explanation:

The speed of light is c=3*10^8m/s, which means the time it takes to cover a distance of 1.5 km (or 1,500m) will be

t= \dfrac{1500m}{3*10^8m/s}

t= 0.000005s

which is \dfrac{1}{200000} of a second! This time delay could in no way be measured by Galileo considering the fact that he was using his heartbeat to measure time!

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