Having become stranded in a remote wilderness area, you must live off the land while you wait for rescue. One morning, you attempt to spear a fish for breakfast. You spot a fish in a shallow river. Your first instinct is to aim the spear where you see the image of the fish, at an angle ф = 43.40° with respect to the vertical, as shown in the figure. However, you know from physics class that you should not throw the spear at the image of the fish, because the actual location of the fish is farther down than it appears, at a depth of H = 0.9500 m. This means you must decrease the angle at which you throw the spear. This slight decrease in the angle is represented as a in the figure.
Refraction of Light
Refraction is a change in the direction of light rays when they travel from one medium to another. It is the bending of light when it goes through different media.
Angle of Refraction
Light is considered by many scientists to have dual nature, both particle nature and wave nature. First, Particle nature is one in which we consider a stream of packets of energy called photons. Second, Wave nature is considering light as electromagnetic radiation whereas part of it is perceived by humans. Visible spectrum defined by humans lies in a range of 400 to 700 nm wavelengths.
Index of Refraction of Diamond
Diamond, the world’s hardest naturally occurring material and mineral known, is a solid form of the element carbon. The atoms are arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. They exist in a huge variety of colours. Also, they are one of the best conductors of heat and have a very high melting point.
![Having become stranded in a remote wilderness area, you
must live off the land while you wait for rescue. One morning,
you attempt to spear a fish for breakfast.
h
You spot a fish in a shallow river. Your first instinct is to aim
the spear where you see the image of the fish, at an angle
$ = 43.40° with respect to the vertical, as shown in the figure.
However, you know from physics class that you should not
Image
throw the spear at the image of the fish, because the actual
location of the fish is farther down than it appears, at a depth
H
of H
0.9500 m. This means you must decrease the angle at
which you throw the spear. This slight decrease in the angle is
represented as a in the figure.
If you throw the spear from a height h :
1.200 m above the
water, calculate the angle decrease a. Assume that the index
of refraction is 1.000 for air and 1.330 for water.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F8fcd1130-1301-4f98-995f-7f377bbb674b%2Fcb8fc0a0-88f5-4650-872f-474ab441deda%2Fh9py24_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
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