Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Physics for Scientists and Engineers
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Author: Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 34, Problem 22P

A submarine is 300 m horizontally from the shore of a fresh water lake and 100 m beneath the surface of the water. A laser beam is sent from the submarine so that the beam strikes the surface of the water 210 m from the shore. A building stands on the shore, and the laser beam hits a target at the top of the building. The goal is to find the height of the target above sea level. (a) Draw a diagram of the situation, identifying the two triangles that are important in finding the solution. (b) Find the angle of incidence of the beam striking the water–air interface. (c) Find the angle of refraction. (d) What angle docs the refracted beam make with the horizontal? (e) Find the height of the target above sea level.

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Ch. 34 - Prob. 6PCh. 34 - Prob. 7PCh. 34 - Two flat, rectangular mirrors, both perpendicular...Ch. 34 - Prob. 9PCh. 34 - A ray of light strikes a flat block of glass (n =...Ch. 34 - Prob. 11PCh. 34 - Prob. 12PCh. 34 - A laser beam is incident at an angle of 30.0 from...Ch. 34 - A ray of light strikes the midpoint of one face of...Ch. 34 - When you look through a window, by what time...Ch. 34 - Light passes from air into flint glass at a...Ch. 34 - You have just installed a new bathroom in your...Ch. 34 - A triangular glass prism with apex angle 60.0 has...Ch. 34 - You are working at your university swimming...Ch. 34 - Prob. 20PCh. 34 - Prob. 21PCh. 34 - A submarine is 300 m horizontally from the shore...Ch. 34 - Prob. 23PCh. 34 - A light beam containing red and violet wavelengths...Ch. 34 - Prob. 25PCh. 34 - The speed of a water wave is described by v=gd,...Ch. 34 - For 589-nm light, calculate the critical angle for...Ch. 34 - Prob. 28PCh. 34 - A room contains air in which the speed of sound is...Ch. 34 - Prob. 30PCh. 34 - An optical fiber has an index of refraction n and...Ch. 34 - Consider a horizontal interface between air above...Ch. 34 - How many times will the incident beam in Figure...Ch. 34 - Consider a beam of light from the left entering a...Ch. 34 - Why is the following situation impossible? While...Ch. 34 - Prob. 36APCh. 34 - When light is incident normally on the interface...Ch. 34 - Refer to Problem 37 for its description of the...Ch. 34 - A light ray enters the atmosphere of the Earth and...Ch. 34 - A light ray enters the atmosphere of a planet and...Ch. 34 - Prob. 41APCh. 34 - Prob. 42APCh. 34 - Prob. 43APCh. 34 - Prob. 44APCh. 34 - Prob. 45APCh. 34 - As sunlight enters the Earths atmosphere, it...Ch. 34 - A ray of light passes from air into water. For its...Ch. 34 - Prob. 48APCh. 34 - Prob. 49APCh. 34 - Figure P34.50 shows a top view of a square...Ch. 34 - Prob. 51APCh. 34 - Prob. 52CPCh. 34 - Prob. 53CPCh. 34 - Pierre de Fermat (16011665) showed that whenever...Ch. 34 - Prob. 55CPCh. 34 - Suppose a luminous sphere of radius R1 (such as...Ch. 34 - Prob. 57CP
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