See the provided image of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the following calculations for  tA→C→A and tA→B→A. What would v/c have to be to make tA→C→A  1 percent larger than tA→B→A?

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See the provided image of the Michelson-Morley experiment and the following calculations for  tA→C→A and tA→B→A. What would v/c have to be to make tA→C→A  1 percent larger than tA→B→A?
IACA
C-V
+
l
c+v
¡ABA
=
2lc
c² – v²
-
Comparing with the upstream-downstream
1ACA =
2l 1
c1-v²/c²°
28
1
c √1-v²/c²"
=
time tACA, we see that
¡ABA
√1-v²/c²
Transcribed Image Text:IACA C-V + l c+v ¡ABA = 2lc c² – v² - Comparing with the upstream-downstream 1ACA = 2l 1 c1-v²/c²° 28 1 c √1-v²/c²" = time tACA, we see that ¡ABA √1-v²/c²
Source
l B
Observer O
B
-Vether
∙lc
с
Transcribed Image Text:Source l B Observer O B -Vether ∙lc с
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