Consider yourself in a spaceship traveling at the speed of light. Would you be able to see urself in the mirror? explain.
My argument, is that: im also traveling at speed c while holding the mirror in front of me. So in order for me to see myself in the mirror the light rays from my face should reach the mirror and back to me.
So once the light rays from my face reflected they are on their own(moving at speed c). My mirror is also moving at same speed.
So what im saying is that the light rays will never reach the mirror; hence i wil not see my image in the mirror.
2007-01-23 00:59:36 · 2 answers · asked by sh 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
the speed of light is a constant that is not "relative" in that no mater how fast you go light will always be going 186,000 miles per second faster than you are therefore yes you will see yourself in the mirror !
note this was proven many years ago by measuring the speed of light coming from the sun at our equator where our earths revolution makes for a speed of about 4,000 miles per hour. they tested the lights speed at sunrise when the earth was revolving towards the sun and at sunset where it is revolving away from the sun. This method when measuring anything else's speed would make for an 8,000 mile per hour difference in speed but they found there was no difference!
2007-01-23 01:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by wyzrdofahs 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you see yourself in the mirror. If I measure the speed of light going to the mirror and coming back, I get the same value. Explain this to me. If I'm in a ship, how do I know I'm traveling the speed of light ? The ship around me and the mirror are all at rest for me. You might see me moving very quickly but there is no absolute signpost in the universe that speed is measured with respect to. In my reference frame, I'm at rest. Even with me moving quickly when you see me, we all measure the same value for the speed of light.
2007-01-23 09:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋