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3. A beam of light from a light source on the bottom of a swimming pool 3.0 meters deep strikes the surface of the water 2.0 meters to the left of the light source, as shown above. The index of refraction of the water in the pool is 1.33.
a. What angle does the reflected ray make with the normal to the surface?
b. What angle does the emerging ray make with the normal to the surface?
c. What is the minimum depth of water for which the light that strikes the surface of the water 2.0 meters to the left of the light source will be refracted into the air?
a.
Θ = angle of incidence
Θ = arctan(2/3)
Θ = 33.69 degrees
angle of reflection = angle of incidence
angle of reflection = 33.69 degrees
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Physics Optics Help please!?
An aquarium filled with water has flat glass sides whose index of refraction is 1.52. A beam of light from outside the aquarium strikes the glass at a 43.5 degree angle to the perpendicular. What is the angle of this light ray when it enters:
a)the glass
b)the water
c)What would be the refracted angle if the ray entered the water directly?
a.
sin43.5=1.52sinx
solve for x
b.
using the above value for x
1.52sinx=1.333siny
solve for y
c.
sin43.5=1.333sinz
solve for z
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