A ray of light travels through air until it strikes the interface between the air and another medium. The incident ray makes an angle of 0, = 37.0° with the normal, as shown in the figure below. Upon passage into the second medium, the ray is refracted, emerging from the interface at an angle 0, with respect to the normal. Air Second medium (a) Suppose that the second medium is water. What is the angle of refraction, 0, (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.) (b) Suppose that the second medium is crown glass. What is the angle of refraction, 0,, in this case (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.) (c) Finally, suppose that the second medium is glycerine. What is the angle of refraction, 0, in this case (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.)

A ray of light travels through air until it strikes the interface between the air and another medium. The incident ray makes an angle of 0, = 37.0° with the normal, as shown in the figure below. Upon passage into the second medium, the ray is refracted, emerging from the interface at an angle 0, with respect to the normal. Air Second medium (a) Suppose that the second medium is water. What is the angle of refraction, 0, (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.) (b) Suppose that the second medium is crown glass. What is the angle of refraction, 0,, in this case (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.) (c) Finally, suppose that the second medium is glycerine. What is the angle of refraction, 0, in this case (in degrees)? (Enter your answer to at least one decimal place.)

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