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It is given that:
An elevator is 
wide and it is accelerating downwards with the speed of 
Step-by-step explanation
Step 2.
The beam of light will be deflected although the deflection will be infinitesimally small. This happens because the light is part wave and part particle so it will experience inertia due to motion.
For this, we will have to find the time for the light to cross the elevator and then how far the elevator is moving during the time of acceleration.
So, to find change in time:
Where, 
is a change in time, 
is a change in displacement and 
is the speed of light.
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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922
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- Problem 1
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- Problem 03
- Problem 4
- Problem 5
- Problem 6a
- Problem 6b
- Problem 7
- Problem 8
- Problem 9
- Problem 10
- Problem 11a
- Problem 11b
- Problem 12
- Problem 13
- Problem 14
- Problem 15
- Problem 16
- Problem 17
- Problem 18
- Problem 19
- Problem 20a
- Problem 20b
- Problem 21
- Problem 22
- Problem 23
- Problem 24a
- Problem 24b
- Problem 25a
- Problem 25b
- Problem 26
- Problem 27
- Problem 28
- Problem 29
- Problem 30
- Problem 31
- Problem 32
- Problem 33
- Problem 34
- Problem 35
- Problem 36a
- Problem 36b
- Problem 36c
- Problem 36d
- Problem 37a
- Problem 37b
- Problem 37c
- Problem 38a
- Problem 38b