The figure below shows an overhead view of a room of square floor area and side L. At the center of the room is a mirror set in a vertical plane and rotating on a vertical shaft at angular speed w about an axis coming out of the page. A bright red laser beam enters from the center point on one wall of the room and strikes the mirror. As the mirror rotates, the reflected laser beam creates a red spot sweeping across the walls of the room. L L. (a) When the spot of light on the wall is at distance x from point O, what is its speed? (Use the following as necessary: w, x, and L.) V = (b) What value of x corresponds to the minimum value for the speed? (c) What is the minimum value for the speed? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.) V = (d) What is the maximum speed of the spot on the wall? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.) V = (e) In what time interval does the spot change from its minimum to its maximum speed? (Use the following as necessary: 0, x, and L.) At =

The figure below shows an overhead view of a room of square floor area and side L. At the center of the room is a mirror set in a vertical plane and rotating on a vertical shaft at angular speed w about an axis coming out of the page. A bright red laser beam enters from the center point on one wall of the room and strikes the mirror. As the mirror rotates, the reflected laser beam creates a red spot sweeping across the walls of the room. L L. (a) When the spot of light on the wall is at distance x from point O, what is its speed? (Use the following as necessary: w, x, and L.) V = (b) What value of x corresponds to the minimum value for the speed? (c) What is the minimum value for the speed? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.) V = (d) What is the maximum speed of the spot on the wall? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.) V = (e) In what time interval does the spot change from its minimum to its maximum speed? (Use the following as necessary: 0, x, and L.) At =

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Chapter25: Reflection And Refraction Of Light

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Angle of Refraction

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The figure below shows an overhead view of a room of square floor area and side L. At the center of the room is a mirror set in a
vertical plane and rotating on a vertical shaft at angular speed w about an axis coming out of the page. A bright red laser beam
enters from the center point on one wall of the room and strikes the mirror. As the mirror rotates, the reflected laser beam
creates a red spot sweeping across the walls of the room.
L
L
(a) When the spot of light on the wall is at distance x from point 0, what is its speed? (Use the following as necessary: @,
x, and L.)
V =
(b) What value of x corresponds to the minimum value for the speed?
(c) What is the minimum value for the speed? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.)
V =
(d) What is the maximum speed of the spot on the wall? (Use the following as necessary: @, x, and L.)
V =
(e) In what time interval does the spot change from its minimum to its maximum speed? (Use the following as necessary:
w, x, and L.)
At =

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