A light ray traveling in air strikes the surface of a slab of glass at an angle of incidence of 30°. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. Find the angles the reflected and refracted rays make with respect to the normal to the air-glass interface. (Enter your answers in degrees. Use any necessary data found in the figure below.) reflected= refracted= Angle in glass (2) 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 10 20 X. X 0 30 40 50 Angle in air (*) 60 70 80 90

A light ray traveling in air strikes the surface of a slab of glass at an angle of incidence of 30°. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. Find the angles the reflected and refracted rays make with respect to the normal to the air-glass interface. (Enter your answers in degrees. Use any necessary data found in the figure below.) reflected= refracted= Angle in glass (2) 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 10 20 X. X 0 30 40 50 Angle in air (*) 60 70 80 90

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter25: Reflection And Refraction Of Light

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Problem 14P: A light ray initially in water enters a transparent substance at an angle of incidence of 37.0, and...

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