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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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To determine the refractvie index of a glass slab, an experiment was done. when the result is graphed, the slope is the refractive index of the medium. This soultion was given to me (2nd pic) as an explanation. however, i do not understand why sin theta 1/ sin theta 2 coresponds to the rise over run. would u explain it? thanks

Sine of Refracted Angle vs. Sine of Incident Angle of
the Acrylic Glass
0.8
0.6
0.4
slope of this graph = nmedium
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
sin (incident angle)
sin (refracted angle)

n, sin 0, = n, sin 0,
sin 0,= sin 0,
sin 0,=2
nof medium
nof air
sin 0,
Since n=
air
sin 0,=1of mediuam
sin 8,
n of medium = 81

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