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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 200 g. Assume that there is no absorption in the lens and that 20% of the light emitted by the source goes through the lens. The power of the source needs to support the weight of the mirror is P × 108 watt, where P is [take g = 10 m s-2]
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The correct answer is: 15
mg=2PC
P'=200×10-3×10×108×32
P = 300 × 106 = 300 MW
P=P'0.2=1500×106=15×108W

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