14. A steel wire is coaxially embedded in a glass tube, external diameter of which is much greater than that of the wire. Refractive index of the gl is 4/3. If diameter of the steel wire appears 8/3 mm when looked into the glass tube through its curved surface, find the actual diameter of the steel wire? 2 mm

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14. A steel wire is coaxially embedded in a glass tube, external diameter
which is much greater than that of the wire. Refractive index of the gla
is 4/3. If diameter of the steel wire appears 8/3 mm when looked into the
glass tube through its curved surface, find the actual diameter of the
steel wire?
2 mm
Transcribed Image Text:14. A steel wire is coaxially embedded in a glass tube, external diameter which is much greater than that of the wire. Refractive index of the gla is 4/3. If diameter of the steel wire appears 8/3 mm when looked into the glass tube through its curved surface, find the actual diameter of the steel wire? 2 mm
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