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A totally reflecting, small plane mirror placed horizontally faces a parallel beam of light as shown in the figure. The mass of the mirror is 20 g. Assume that there is no absorption in the lens and that 30% of the light emitted by the source goes through the lens. Find the power (in  W) of the source needed to support the weight of the mirror. Take



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A totally reflecting, small plane mirror placed horizontally faces a parallel beam of light as shown in the figure. The mass of the mirror is 20 g. Assume that there is no absorption in the lens and that 30% of the light emitted by the source goes through the lens. Find the power (in  W) of the source needed to support the weight of the mirror. Take

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Answer Key / Explanation : (1) -

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Let  photons (each of frequency ) per second are emitted from source. Then power of source is

But only 30% of the photons go towards mirrors

Then force exerted on mirror is

and this force should be equal to weight of mirror, so

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