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laboratory teCHnique YOU CAN DO:
SPEED OF LIGHT IS MEASURED BY ALLOWING A BEAM OF LIGHT TO FALL OVER A DISTANCE FOR WHICH
LIGHT WOULD TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO COVER(USUALLY IN VCCUM TO PREVENT ATTENUATION OR REFRACTION)
THEN SPEED OF LIGHT =DISTANCE TRAVERSED/TIME TAKEN
PROFESSIONAL WAY:USE COMPUTERISED SETUP USING LIGHT DETECTING DIODES THAT IS PHOTO DIODE AND MEASURE THE TIME LAPSE BY MACHINES
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