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Two observers are on different floors of a building, as shown in the figure below. The observer on the bottom floor shines a light upward, which is reflected from a mirror in an upper floor and sent back downward. Consider the gravitational redshift of the light due to the Earth. If the light has a wavelength of exactly 600 nm when emitted, the observer on the upper floor will measure a wavelength of __________ while the observer on the lower floor will see the light returning with a wavelength of __________.  Two observers are on different floors of a building, as shown in the figure below. The observer on the bottom floor shines a light upward, which is reflected from a mirror in an upper floor and sent back downward. Consider the gravitational redshift of the light due to the Earth. If the light has a wavelength of exactly 600 nm when emitted, the observer on the upper floor will measure a wavelength of __________ while the observer on the lower floor will see the light returning with a wavelength of __________.   A)   600 nm, 600 nm  B)    \gt  600 nm, 600 nm  C)    \lt  600 nm, \lt  600 nm  D)   600 nm,  \gt  600 nm  E)    \gt  600 nm,  \gt  600 nm


A) "600 nm, 600 nm"
B) " >\gt 600 nm, 600 nm"
C) " <\lt 600 nm, <\lt 600 nm"
D) "600 nm, >\gt 600 nm"
E) " >\gt 600 nm, >\gt 600 nm"

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