A light ray falls on the left face of a prism (see below) at the angle of incidence for which emerging beam also has an angle of refraction at the right face. Use geometry and trigon sin(a+6) where sin show in detail that the index of refraction n of the prism is given by n = vertex angle of the prism and a is the angle through which the beam has been deviated du prism (a is known to be the angle of deviation). If a = 36.0° and the two base angles of the each 50.0°, what is n? ф Ja 2

A light ray falls on the left face of a prism (see below) at the angle of incidence for which emerging beam also has an angle of refraction at the right face. Use geometry and trigon sin(a+6) where sin show in detail that the index of refraction n of the prism is given by n = vertex angle of the prism and a is the angle through which the beam has been deviated du prism (a is known to be the angle of deviation). If a = 36.0° and the two base angles of the each 50.0°, what is n? ф Ja 2

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A light ray falls on the left face of a prism (see below) at the angle of incidence 0 for which the
emerging beam also has an angle of refraction at the right face. Use geometry and trigonometry to
sin(a+6)
where is the
sin
show in detail that the index of refraction n of the prism is given by n =
vertex angle of the prism and a is the angle through which the beam has been deviated due to the
prism (a is known to be the angle of deviation). If a = 36.0° and the two base angles of the prism are
each 50.0°, what is n?
6
Ja
n

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