Explain why a person’s legs appear very short when wading in a pool. Justify your explanation with a ray diagram showing the path of rays from the feet to the eye of an observer who is out of the water.

Q: You send a beam of light from a material with index of refraction 1.17 into an unknown material. In…

A: Given data:  Index of refraction of medium 1 (n1) = 1.17 Angle of incidence (θ1) = 41.1° Angle of…

Q: As shown a light ray incident on a glass cylinder. What is the angle a of the ray after it has…

A: The incident angle (i) can be seen to be such that the sine of this angle is equal to the R/2…

Q: A beam of light is incident from a liquid on the surface of transparent solid. The angle of…

A: Here, we draw the ray diagram and use snell's law to find out the required parameters.

Q: Three sheets of plastic have unknown indices of refraction. Sheet 1 is placed on top of sheet 2, and…

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Q: 0 and incident on a medium that has an index of refraction 1.40.   B) There is a critical angle for…

A: Critical angle:-  We know that the critical angle is defined as an angle of incidence, for which the…

Q: A camera lens focuses light from a flower 8 cm in diameter and 30 cm from the lens on a focal plane…

A: Given information: Here, ho is the flower’s (object) height, u is the distance of the object from…

Q: Light & Optics Part A: A flashlight held by a man 2m above ground creates an angle of reflection…

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Q: What happens when light moves from a medium with a low refractive index into a medium with a higher…

A: Correct option is (a)   Explanation is in next step.

Q: Problem 2: A light was made to pass through the bottom of a lake during a search and rescue…

A: The Snell's law is given by  n = sin isin r where, i is the angle of incidence, r is the angle of…

Q: You aim a laser beam (in air) at 80.0° with respect to the normal of the surface of a transparent…

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Q: Light is an incident on a vertical interface between two mediums as shown in the picture. The medium…

A: (1) We know that when a light ray fall on a surface then it will refract from the surface.and angle…

Q: There is a light pole on one bank of a small pond. You are standing up while fishing on the other…

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Q: In this example, we will apply Snell's law to the refraction of light across a water–air interface.…

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Q: A light ray moving through air has an incident angle of 45 degrees as it moves from the air (n=1.00)…

A: Given Data : The angle of incidence of the light in the air is given as θ1 = 450. The refractive…

Q: 8. The figure shows a horizontal beam of light that is incident upon a prism, where the base of the…

A: Given that:- Angle of prism=A=54°

Q: One mirror is vertical. The second mirror makes a 50 angle with the first mirror. A beam of light is…

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Q: Light strikes a diamond (n = 2.42) at an angle of 42° relative to the normal to the surface. What is…

A: Given Light ray strikes 42° relative to the normal. Therefore, Angle of incidence ( θi) = 42° Index…

Q: 1) A ray of light in incident in a medium of n = 1.33. It strike the interface of another medium of…

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Q: A laser beam enters glass from air with an angle of 60 degrees (in the air) from the air-glass…

A: Given, angle between incident ray and the air-glass interface is, a=60o width of glass is, d = 10cm…

Q: A beam of light emerges from water into air at an angle.   The beam is bent a. away from the…

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Q: A ray of light travels from one medium to another medium. The total internal reflection of the light…

A: Total internal reflection occurs when meet two necessary conditions :  the angle of incidence (…

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Q: A beam of light hits the boundary between glass (n=1.52) and an unknown material at an angle of 42o…

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Q: ray of light travels from air into another medium, making an angle of ?1 = 45.0° with the normal as…

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Q: Light traveling in air enters a rectangular slab of glass at an angle of 35°. It refracts as it…

A: The changing of a light ray’s direction (loosely called bending) when it passes through variations…

Q: In this example, we will apply Snell's law to the refraction of light across a water–air interface.…

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Q: A small coin is resting at the bottom of a swimming pool. Draw a ray diagram of the situation,…

A: When light ray encounters a boundary between 2 transparent media, a reflected ray and a refracted…

Q: There is a beam of light that enters a prism at an angle of 62.3° below the normal at point A. The…

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Q: A critical angle exists when a light ray travels O through a single medium O from a medium with a…

A: The critical angle for total internal reflection can only exist if there is a tendency for the light…

Q: 1) Light is incident from benzene on an interface with ice. Which of the followingis/are true.…

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Q: Design an eye for a(n) using a concave spherical mirror such that the image of an object 1.0 m tall…

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Q: A green laser beam travels through the an L-shaped block of transparent blue plastic with an angle…

A: Given, Refractive index of blue plastic,n1=1.90 Angle of incidence,θi=38° Angle of refraction,θr=43°

Q: As shown in the figure, a layer of water (n=1.333) covers a slab made of glass (n=1.523) which is on…

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Q: A ray hits an object at 15° from the vertical. If the material has index of refracti 1.5, what is…

A: Dear student,  Since all questions are different as per guidelines we can author only first one…

Q: Along the face AB of a prism with n= 1.71 a ray of light is incident as shown in the figure: A B…

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Q: Light passes from air "air into an unknown material at an angle of incidence 0, = 37°. If the angle…

A: n1=1n2=?θ1=370θ2=300c=3×108m/sv=?

Q: Which of the following scenarios does NOT result in refraction? a. The light must enter the medium…

A: To occur phenomenon of refraction:1. Light must enter at an angle greater than 0 degree with respect…