A strip of metal foil with a mass of 5.00 × 10-7 kg is suspended in a vacuum and exposed to a pulse of light. The velocity of the foil changes from zero to 1.00 × 10-3 m/s in the same direction as the initial light pulse, and the light pulse is entirely reflected from the surface of the foil. Given that the wavelength of the light is 450 nm, and assuming that this wavelength is the same before and after the collision, how many photons in the pulse collide with the foil?

A strip of metal foil with a mass of 5.00 × 10-7 kg is suspended in a vacuum and exposed to a pulse of light. The velocity of the foil changes from zero to 1.00 × 10-3 m/s in the same direction as the initial light pulse, and the light pulse is entirely reflected from the surface of the foil. Given that the wavelength of the light is 450 nm, and assuming that this wavelength is the same before and after the collision, how many photons in the pulse collide with the foil?

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A strip of metal foil with a mass of 5.00 × 10^-7 kg is suspended in a vacuum and exposed to a pulse of light. The velocity of the foil changes from zero to 1.00 × 10^-3 m/s in the same direction as the initial light pulse, and the light pulse is entirely reflected from the surface of the foil. Given that the wavelength of the light is 450 nm, and assuming that this wavelength is the same before and after the collision, how many photons in the pulse collide with the foil?

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