Monochromatic light travels from vacuum to an unidentified liquid. This light has a wavelength of 589 nm. Calculate the angle of refraction if the speed of light through the liquid is 1.970 × 108 m/s and the angle of incidence if 31.2°.   a. 39.3°   b. 51.9°   c. 34.2°   d. 19.9°   e. 26.1°

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Monochromatic light travels from vacuum to an unidentified liquid. This light has a wavelength of 589 nm. Calculate the angle of refraction if the speed of light through the liquid is 1.970 × 108 m/s and the angle of incidence if 31.2°.

  a.

39.3°

  b.

51.9°

  c.

34.2°

  d.

19.9°

  e.

26.1°

 

 

 

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