spotlight on a boat is 2.5 m above the water, and the light strikes the water at a point that is 8.0 m horizontally displaced from the spotlight (see the drawing below). The light strikes the bottom of the water at a distance d = 12.1 m. Calculate the depth of water y from the surface. (5) [HINT: Index of refraction of air and water are, respectively, 1 and 1.33]

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