3) Measuring the Speed of Light: Michelson In 1926, Albert Michelson measured the speed of light witha technique similar to that used by Fizeau. Michelson used an eight-sided mirror rotating at 528 rev/s inplace of the toothed wheel, as illustrated in the figure(Figure 1). The distance from the rotating mirror toa distant reflector was 35.5 km.FigurePart A10=>528 rev/sRotatingmirrorLightsourceObserverFixedmirror35.5 km-1 of 1If the light completed the 71.0-km round trip in the time it took the mirror to complete one-eighth of arevolution, what is the speed of light?

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