
EBK PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEER
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Author: Jewett
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Chapter 35, Problem 35.50P
(a)
To determine
The way in which the gauge works.
(b)
To determine
To explain: The design requirements for the index of refraction of the plastic.
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Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.1QQCh. 35 - If beam is the incoming beam in Figure 34.10b,...Ch. 35 - Light passes from a material with index of...Ch. 35 - In photography, lenses in a camera use refraction...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.5QQCh. 35 - In each of the following situations, a wave passes...Ch. 35 - A source emits monochromatic light of wavelength...Ch. 35 - Carbon disulfide (n = 1.63) is poured into a...Ch. 35 - A light wave moves between medium 1 and medium 2....Ch. 35 - What happens to a light wave when it travels from...
Ch. 35 - The index of refraction for water is about 43....Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.7OQCh. 35 - What is the order of magnitude of the time...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.9OQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.10OQCh. 35 - A light ray navels from vacuum into a slab of...Ch. 35 - Suppose you find experimentally that two colors of...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.13OQCh. 35 - Which color light refracts the most when entering...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.15OQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.1CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.2CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.3CQCh. 35 - The F-117A stealth fighter (Fig. CQ35.4) is...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.5CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.6CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.7CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.8CQCh. 35 - A laser beam passing through a non homogeneous...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.10CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.11CQCh. 35 - (a) Under what conditions is a mirage formed?...Ch. 35 - Figure CQ35.13 shows a pencil partially immersed...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.14CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.15CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.16CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.17CQCh. 35 - Prob. 35.1PCh. 35 - The Apollo 11 astronauts set up a panel of...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.3PCh. 35 - As a result of his observations, Ole Roemer...Ch. 35 - The wavelength of red helium-neon laser light in...Ch. 35 - An underwater scuba diver sees the Sun at an...Ch. 35 - A ray of light is incident on a flat surface of a...Ch. 35 - Figure P35.8 shows a refracted light beam in...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.9PCh. 35 - A dance hall is built without pillars and with a...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.11PCh. 35 - A ray of light strikes a flat block of glass (n =...Ch. 35 - A prism that has an apex angle of 50.0 is made of...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.14PCh. 35 - A light ray initially in water enters a...Ch. 35 - A laser beam is incident at an angle of 30.0 from...Ch. 35 - A ray of light strikes the midpoint of one face of...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.18PCh. 35 - When you look through a window, by what time...Ch. 35 - Two flat, rectangular mirrors, both perpendicular...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.21PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.22PCh. 35 - Two light pulses are emitted simultaneously from a...Ch. 35 - Light passes from air into flint glass at a...Ch. 35 - A laser beam with vacuum wavelength 632.8 nm is...Ch. 35 - A narrow beam of ultrasonic waves reflects off the...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.27PCh. 35 - A triangular glass prism with apex angle 60.0 has...Ch. 35 - Light of wavelength 700 nm is incident on the face...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.30PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.31PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.32PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.33PCh. 35 - A submarine is 300 m horizontally from the shore...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.35PCh. 35 - The index of refraction for red light in water is...Ch. 35 - A light beam containing red and violet wavelengths...Ch. 35 - The speed of a water wave is described by v=gd,...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.39PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.40PCh. 35 - A glass optical fiber (n = 1.50) is submerged in...Ch. 35 - For 589-nm light, calculate the critical angle for...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.43PCh. 35 - A triangular glass prism with apex angle has an...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.45PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.46PCh. 35 - Consider a common mirage formed by superheated air...Ch. 35 - A room contains air in which the speed of sound is...Ch. 35 - An optical fiber has an index of refraction n and...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.50PCh. 35 - Prob. 35.51APCh. 35 - Consider a horizontal interface between air above...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.53APCh. 35 - Why is the following situation impossible? While...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.55APCh. 35 - How many times will the incident beam in Figure...Ch. 35 - When light is incident normally on the interface...Ch. 35 - Refer to Problem 37 for its description of the...Ch. 35 - A light ray enters the atmosphere of the Earth and...Ch. 35 - A light ray enters the atmosphere of a planet and...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.61APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.62APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.63APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.64APCh. 35 - The light beam in Figure P35.65 strikes surface 2...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.66APCh. 35 - A 4.00-m-long pole stands vertically in a...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.68APCh. 35 - A 4.00-m-long pole stands vertically in a...Ch. 35 - As sunlight enters the Earths atmosphere, it...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.71APCh. 35 - A ray of light passes from air into water. For its...Ch. 35 - As shown in Figure P35.73, a light ray is incident...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.74APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.75APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.76APCh. 35 - Prob. 35.77APCh. 35 - Students allow a narrow beam of laser light to...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.79APCh. 35 - Figure P34.50 shows a top view of a square...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.81CPCh. 35 - Prob. 35.82CPCh. 35 - Prob. 35.83CPCh. 35 - Pierre de Fermat (16011665) showed that whenever...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.85CPCh. 35 - Suppose a luminous sphere of radius R1 (such as...Ch. 35 - Prob. 35.87CP
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