A perfectly reflecting thin square mirror 3 m on a side faces the Sun at about Earth's distance from the Sun so that the solar intensity is 1400 W/m. If the mirror has a mass of 10 g and starts from rest, how fast is it moving after 100,000 seconds (a little more than 1 day) in m/s?

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A perfectly reflecting thin square mirror 3 m on a side faces the Sun at
about Earth's distance from the Sun so that the solar intensity is
1400 W/m. If the mirror has a mass of 10 g and starts from rest, how
fast is it moving after 100,000 seconds (a little more than 1 day) in m/s?
Transcribed Image Text:A perfectly reflecting thin square mirror 3 m on a side faces the Sun at about Earth's distance from the Sun so that the solar intensity is 1400 W/m. If the mirror has a mass of 10 g and starts from rest, how fast is it moving after 100,000 seconds (a little more than 1 day) in m/s?
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