Look at the above illustration, of a rod (thick, dark horizontal line) which is stationary. Light om the back of the rod travels to the eye/camera via Path 1, and light from the front of the rod avels to the eye via Path 2. At any given instant, the eye records whatever light has arrived at at moment. O Let's say that Path 1 is 4m and Path 2 is 3m. What is the time lag between the eye's reception f two rays of light emitted at the same time - from the front and back of the rod? (Hint: this is a raightforward calculation, since the speed of light is known, as is the distance it travels - from ont of rod to eye, compared to from back of rod to eye.)

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Path 2
Direction of
Motion (if moving)
Back of rod
Front of rod
1. Look at the above illustration, of a rod (thick, dark horizontal line) which is stationary. Light
from the back of the rod travels to the eye/camera via Path 1, and light from the front of the rod
travels to the eye via Path 2. At any given instant, the eye records whatever light has arrived at
that moment.
a) Let's say that Path 1 is 4m and Path 2 is 3m. What is the time lag between the eye’s reception
of two rays of light emitted at the same time - from the front and back of the rod? (Hint: this is a
straightforward calculation, since the speed of light is known, as is the distance it travels – from
front of rod to eye, compared to from back of rod to eye.)
Transcribed Image Text:Eye/Camera Path 1 Path 2 Direction of Motion (if moving) Back of rod Front of rod 1. Look at the above illustration, of a rod (thick, dark horizontal line) which is stationary. Light from the back of the rod travels to the eye/camera via Path 1, and light from the front of the rod travels to the eye via Path 2. At any given instant, the eye records whatever light has arrived at that moment. a) Let's say that Path 1 is 4m and Path 2 is 3m. What is the time lag between the eye’s reception of two rays of light emitted at the same time - from the front and back of the rod? (Hint: this is a straightforward calculation, since the speed of light is known, as is the distance it travels – from front of rod to eye, compared to from back of rod to eye.)
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