A speeder tries to explain to the police that the yellow warninglights she was approaching on the side of the road lookedgreen to her because of the Doppler shift. How fast would shehave been traveling if yellow light of wavelength 580 nm hadbeen shifted to green with a wavelength of 560 nm? Note: Forspeeds less than 0.03c.

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