A ray of light is incident on the air - ice boundary at an angle of 40° with the normal. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. (Refractive index of ice = nice= 1.309) a) Draw the ray diagram for the given boundary. b) Find the angle of reflection. c) Find the angle of refraction

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A ray of light is incident on the air - ice boundary at an angle of 40° with the normal. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. (Refractive index of ice = nice= 1.309)
a) Draw the ray diagram for the given boundary. b) Find the angle of reflection.
c) Find the angle of refraction

 

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