How thick is a layer of oil floating on a 52cm bucket of water. You measure your laser beam to take 2.33 ns going straight through the layers

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How thick is a layer of oil floating on a 52cm bucket of water. You measure your laser beam to take 2.33 ns going straight through the layers
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Given,

The thickness of water, t equals 52 space c m space equals 0.52 space m

The time is taken by the beam, T equals 2.33 space n s equals 2.33 cross times 10 to the power of negative 9 end exponent space s

The refractive index of oil and water respectively are; 

eta subscript w equals 1.33
eta subscript o equals 1.47

Let, the thickness of oil sheet be t'.


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