You have a beaker with a layer of olive oil floating on top of water. A ray of light travels through the oil and is incident on the water with an angle of 50.4°. Using the index of refraction of the oil as 1.470 and the index of refraction of water as 1.333, determine the critical angle in oil for the oil-water interface. ?c = °
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Angle of Refraction
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You have a beaker with a layer of olive oil floating on top of water. A ray of light travels through the oil and is incident on the water with an angle of 50.4°. Using the index of refraction of the oil as 1.470 and the index of refraction of water as 1.333, determine the critical angle in oil for the oil-water interface.
?c = °
Determine if the ray of light refracts into the water or reflects off the oil-water interface back into the oil.
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