b) Light traveling in air is incident on the surface of a block of plastic at an angle of 61.8° to the normal and is bent so that it makes a 47.2° angle with the normal in the plastic. Find the speed of light in the plastic.

b) Light traveling in air is incident on the surface of a block of plastic at an angle of 61.8° to the normal and is bent so that it makes a 47.2° angle with the normal in the plastic. Find the speed of light in the plastic.

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Chapter1: The Nature Of Light

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