Lunar astronauts placed a reflector on the moons surface


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Question: Lunar astronauts placed a reflector on the moon's surface, off which a laser beam is periodically reflected. The distance to the moon is calculated from the round-trip time.

Part A: To what accuracy in meters can the distance to the moon be determined; if this time can be measured to 0.100 ns?

Part B: What percent accuracy is this, given the average distance to the moon is 3.84 x 108 m?

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