Refraction of light would most likely occur when a. light hits a wall b. light hits a mirror c. light travels through air and then through water

Q: 2. Light traveling in air is incident on the surface of a block of plastic at an angle of 62.7° to…

A: According to snell's law nisini =nrsinrni= refractive index of incident mediumnr=refractive index of…

Q: 5. Calculate the speed of light in Ice at 20°C.

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Q: Light can change direction when it goes from one material to another. Glasses use this bending of…

A: The change in the direction of light waves a they pass from one medium to another is called…

Q: A ray of light is travelling from a denser to a rarer medium. While entering the rarer medium, the…

A: When light travels from one medium to another its velocity changes. This causes deviation in the…

Q: A beam of light is traveling in air and strikes a material. The angles of incidence and refraction…

A: From Snell's law , we know that      n1sinθ1 = n2sinθ2⇒ Let n1=1            θ1=63°            n2 =…

Q: In a Michelson type experiment, the rotating 8 sided mirror spins at 30 000 revolutions per minute.…

A: Given: sides of mirror = 8 frequency = 30,000 rpm = 500 Hz distance of reflecting plane d = 32.4 km…

Q: 19. The refractive index for red light is less than that for blue light for a given medium. Which of…

A: Finding which option is right.

Q: A ray of light is travelling from a rarer medium to a denser medium. While entering the denser…

A: answer:) option(b)bend towards normal

Q: You see light traveling through three materials. Light is incident at 50.0 degrees at the first…

A: Introduction: When light incident on the material medium it get refracted.  Amount of refraction of…

Q: A ray of light traveling in air strikes the surface of a certain plastic slab at 54.9° with respect…

A: Data Given ,  Incident angle ( i ) = 54.9° Refracted angle ( r ) = 37.5° Now , we know that ,…

Q: In a certain time, light travels 6.20 km in a vacuum. During the same time, light travels only 3.40…

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Q: 27. A ray of light travels from air to medium X to medium Y and back to air again If the index of…

A: Given  Medium X refractive index < refractive index medium Y ..

Q: There is less difference between the speed of light in glass and the speed of light in water than…

A: A magnifying glass will magnify an object less in water than in air. The difference in speed of…

Q: HW7 Q10 A submerged scuba diver looks up toward the calm surface of a freshwater lake and notes…

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Q: The change in, Light reenters the air and is outward. Light passes into the water, speeds up, and.…

A: The change in the velocity of light as it passes from one medium to another causes light to…

Q: A ray of light travels through air towards a thin layer of linseed oil (n = 1.50) resting on top of…

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Q: During a Physics lab session, Ray Zuvlight observes a laser line passing through an unknown material…

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Q: . You tape a penny to the inside bottom of a cup and move your eye away from the cup to just that…

A: Refraction: bending of light ray when it is traveling from one medium to another medium

Q: 38.) Observing an object that is partially underwater causes the light waves to change in a way that…

A: When a ray of light travels from a medium into another medium having difference in density the ray…

Q: Light enters a liquid (from air) at an angle of 45° with respect to the normal and is refracted into…

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Q: 8. A laser beam from Earth is reflected back from a mirror on the Moon in 2.60 s. If the distance…

A: Given data: Time taken (t) = 2.60 s Distance between Earth and Moon = 3.85×108 m Required: The speed…

Q: Light travels from air into a glass block with an angle of incidence in air of 38.0°. The block is…

A: Given: The angle of incident in air is 38 degrees. The angle of incidence in the liquid is 20…

Q: Light is traveling from a streetlight, through air, to a window pane. Air has the standard index of…

A: Law of reflection: It states that the reflection from a smooth surface, the angle of the reflected…

Q: what happens to the ray of light (towards normal, away from normal, no refraction) as it passes…

A: Given Ray of light passes through the semicircular shape glass and gets refracted at different…

Q: The index of refraction of the Earth's atmosphere is very close to 1. Research in the 1970s measured…

A: Here, two things are varying simultaneously: the refractive index and the thickness of the…

Q: Light traveling through air (n = 1.00) is incident upon a 60-60-60 triangular block (the triangle is…

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Q: A solid, transparent plastic cube has sides with a length of 5.21 cm. At the center of the cube is a…

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Q: 11. A ray of light travels through a lens, like shown. Light Light Lens What happens to the light?…

A: The light ray through the lens is shown below.

Q: You are some type of half fish half human thing. From underwater you see a bird flying above the…

A: Given: A fish is observing a bird

Q: A large cube is formed from ice. A light ray is incident from a vacuum at an angle of 46° to the…

A: Using snell law, v=c sin isin r   Substitute, v=3×108 m/s sin33°sin46°=2.3×108 m/s

Q: You have a slab of diamond that is attached to a slab of sapphire. A laser beam starts off in the…

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Q: during a physics lab, a student observes a light ray passing through an unknown material towards a…

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Q: Question 18 A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water, as illustrated in…

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Q: Calculate the speed of light in zircon, a material used in jewelry to imitate diamond.

A: Given data The zircon material is used to imitate diamond. The expression for the index of…

Q: 10. The index of refraction of beer is about 1.35. What is the speed of light in beer?

A: Given: The refractive index of the beer is 1.35.

Q: During a physics lab, Ray Zuvlight observes a laser line passing through an unknown material towards…

A: Given:  Angle of incidence, i = 24.5 degree  Angle of refraction, r = 33.8 degree

Q: A light ray, incident at a 20° angle, passes from air through a layer of water and then through a…

A: Angle of incidence i=20o Refractive index of water μw=1.33 Refractive index of glass μg=1.5

Q: A particular material has an index of refraction of 3.50 what percent of the speed of light in…

A: Percent of speed of light in vacuum to speed of light in material is as follows; v%=vc×100 %…

Q: Q(4): A ray is incident on mirror Mi at an angle of (0,-75) to the normal. O (6): A car starts its…

A: Speed at point A = 0 (rest) Height at point A = hA= 30 m At pount B, height= hB= 0 m

Q: 19.) An incident light passes through an aquarium, which is from glass to water. Which of the…

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Q: A light ray traveling in air hits the surface of an unknown liquid in a beaker as shown in the…

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Q: A light wave is slowed down by 38% when it goes through a translucent silicone fluid. What is the…

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Dispersion of White Light

Snell’s law is a formula that gives a relation between the angle of incidence and angle of refraction and is given as: