IB Physics SL C 2 5 Mechanical and Electromagnetic Wave Models Questions

Practise IB Physics SL C.2.5 by using c = fλ, calculating signal travel time and explaining the universal speed of light in vacuum.

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Use c = fλ to connect electromagnetic-wave speed, wavelength and frequency.
Calculate signal travel time or distance using the universal vacuum speed c.
Explain Maxwell’s prediction that electromagnetic waves travel at one invariant vacuum speed.

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A rocket moving with speed v relative to the ground emits a flash of light in the backward direction.

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An observer in the rocket measures the speed of the flash of light to be c.
State the speed of the flash of light according to an observer on the ground using

Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism.

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