
Physics for Scientists and Engineers, Volume 1, Chapters 1-22
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Chapter 35, Problem 35.47P
Consider a common mirage formed by superheated air immediately above a roadway. A truck driver whose eyes are 2.00 m above the road, where n = 1.000 293, looks forward. She perceives the illusion of a patch of water ahead on the road. The road appears wet only beyond a point on the road at which her line of sight makes an angle of 1.20° below the horizontal. Find the index of refraction of the air immediately above the road surface.
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