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Chapter 28, Problem 5RAT
Light bends in a gravitational field. Why isn’t this bending taken into consideration by surveyors who use laser beams as straight lines?
- (a) The bending of light occurs only in outer space.
- (b) Red light doesn’t bend so much, which is why lasers are red.
- (c) Laser light is an exception to this rule.
- (d) Light travels so fast that the curvature is not noticeable for their surveying purposes.
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