A Light Beam Traveling Horizontally Enters a Hole in the Side

question 30

Multiple Choice

A light beam traveling horizontally enters a hole in the side of a laboratory on planet X. The laboratory is 40.0 m wide. If the light beam hits the far wall a distance 0.20 mm below the height it entered the laboratory, what is the acceleration of gravity on planet X?

• A)2.25 × 10¹⁰ m/s²
• B)8.00 × 10⁶ m/s²
• C)9.81 m/s²
• D)4.50 × 10⁵ m/s²
• E)3.75 × 10³ m/s²

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