Consider a cubic container of side h, filled to the rim with water of refractive index n_water = 1.33. A light ray is incident at the edge making an angle e = 38° with the horizontal. In terms of the height, h, and the speed of light in air, c, the time it takes light to go from O to the bottom of the container is:

Consider a cubic container of side h, filled to the rim with water of refractive index n_water = 1.33. A light ray is incident at the edge making an angle e = 38° with the horizontal. In terms of the height, h, and the speed of light in air, c, the time it takes light to go from O to the bottom of the container is:

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Chapter1: The Nature Of Light

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