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It is given that:
An elevator is wide and it is accelerating downwards with the speed of
Step-by-step explanation
Step 2.
The beam of light will be deflected although the deflection will be infinitesimally small. This happens because the light is part wave and part particle so it will experience inertia due to motion.
For this, we will have to find the time for the light to cross the elevator and then how far the elevator is moving during the time of acceleration.
So, to find change in time:
Where, is a change in time, is a change in displacement and is the speed of light.
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