A ray of white light enters the optical piece below at an angle of 35° from the normal andleaves with the white light dispersed, where the color red is seen at 53.8° and the color blue at 65.9°, both with respect to the normal. Determine the index of refraction for each of the colors within the optical piece.   n for red = ______ n for blue = _______   ANS: N_red = 1.406 N_blue = 1.591

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A ray of white light enters the optical piece below at an angle of 35° from the normal and
leaves with the white light dispersed, where the color red is seen at 53.8° and the color blue at 65.9°, both with respect to the normal. Determine the index of refraction for each of the colors within the optical piece.
 
n for red = ______
n for blue = _______
 
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N_red = 1.406
N_blue = 1.591
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