Problem 22. Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Each response should be nolonger than a paragraph.(a) Describe, the relationship between a material's index of refraction, the speed of light in thatmaterial, and wavelength(b) Why do certain materials like water and glass have such close values of n, despite one being asolid and on being a liquid.(c) Why do diamond and glass have very different values of n, despite superficially looking similar?

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