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Chapter 25, Problem 7CQ
Explain why a person’s legs appeal very short when wading in a pool. Justify your explanation with a ray diagram showing the path of rays from the feel to the eye of an observer who is out of the water.
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Draw a ray diagram showing all reflected and refracted rays in this situation and all angles clearly labeled.
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