Observer Eight-sided rotating mirror Stationary mirror (Mt. Baldy) Light source (Mt. Wilson) -35 km- FIGURE 22-10 Michelson's speed- of-light apparatus (not to scale).

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Q: Discuss how our everyday lives would be different if thespeed of light were only 25 m/s.

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Q: What would you expect the speed of light to be slightly less in atmosphere than in a vacuum?

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Q: Why the end mirrors in the two arms of Michelson-Morley experiment are not exactly at right angles?

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