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    Force exerted on the palm of your hand by a beam of light

    So i should look at this as +P - (-P) = 2P ?
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    Force exerted on the palm of your hand by a beam of light

    Compute the force exerted on the palm of you hand by the beam from a 1.0W flashlight. (a) if your hand absorbs the light, and (b) if the light reflects from your hand. What would the mass of the particle that exerts that same force in each case would be if you hold it at Earth's surface? On...