Light enters glass of refractive index from air at an angle of incidence of . What is the value of , where is the angle of refraction?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: Snell's law: .
- Step 2: .
Answer
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Why not the others: : multiplies by instead of dividing. : is itself, ignoring refraction. : is the reciprocal of the refractive index.
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