How Possible that the Speed of Light can be Measured by the Use of Marshmallows?
We can measure the speed of light by melting the marshmallow inside a microwave oven. To operate, microwave ovens use the microwave which speed is the same as the speed of light as they are both EM waves. To get the speed, we need to have wavelength and frequency multiplied.
In this tasty setup, we can get the wavelength from the pattern created by the melted portion of the marshmallows. To achieve this, do not forget to turn off the rotating table as this would indicate the portion hit by the microwave energy. Note that it is only half so we need to multiply it by 2. After measuring the wavelength, look for the frequency indicated by the microwave oven model using the two data, we can then proceed to multiply and get the result which is the speed of light.
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