A physics student attaches a laser pen to an ultra-fast robotic arm, pointing it at the moon. Consider a spherical moon, in which the laser is visible as a dot. A single rapid flick of the arm moves the dot from point to point in a 120 degree arc through the lunar surface. Calculate the maximum interval of time , in milliseconds , in which the movement of the arm could take place so that the laser dot moves twice as fast as the speed of light in the lunar surface.
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Dist=2(pi) 1737.1 multiplied by 10^3 multiplied by (1/3) Speed=6 10^8 Time= dist./speed