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A light beam travels at 1.94 * 10^8 m/s in quartz. The wavelength of the light in quartz is 355 nm. (b) If this same light travels through air, what is its wavelength there?
33. Geometric Optics
Refraction of Light & Snell's Law
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A horizontal, parallelsided plate of glass having a refractive index of 1.52 is in contact with the surface of water in a tank. A ray coming from above in air makes an angle of incidence of 35.0° with the normal to the top surface of the glass.(a) What angle does the ray refracted into the water make with the normal to the surface?
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