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In an experiment designed to measure the speed of light, a laseris aimed at a mirror that is 47.5 km due north. A detector isplaced 116 m due east of the laser. The mirror is to be aligned sothat light from the laser reflects into the detector.

(a) When properly aligned, what angle should the normal to thesurface of the mirror make with due south?

(b) Suppose the mirror is misaligned, so that the actual anglebetween the normal to the surface and due south is too large by0.005

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