EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS
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Chapter 9.1, Problem 1BE
Light carries momentum, so if a light beam strikes a surface, it will exert a force on that surface. If the light is reflected rather than absorbed, the force will be (a) the same. (b) less, (c) greater, (d) impossible to tell, (e) none of these.
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