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A light beam traveling in air with a wavelenght of 600 nm enters a glass block. If the index of refraction, n=1.5, what is th wavelength of the beam in the glass?

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A light beam traveling in air with a wavelenght of 600 nm enters a glass block. If the index of refraction, n=1.5, what is th
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