When passing from water (n=1.33) to glass (n=1.6), light should… A. Bend toward the normal B. Bend away from the normal C. Pass straight through A lens that is thicker at the edges and thin in the middle is called a A. Converging lens B. Diverging lens C. Prismatic lens D. A problem The method of charging that leaves the same type of charge is: A. Conduction B. Neutralization C. Induction  D. Van de Graaf

Q: What is the shape of the wavefront in each of the following cases: (i) Light diverging from a point…

A: (i) When the light diverges from a point source, the shape of the wave front is spherical.…

Q: A piece of glass (n = 1.51) is surrounded by air. A light ray in the glass is incident onto the…

A: NO, Ray will not refract into air.

Q: A concave mirror (R = 89.7 cm) is used to project a transparent slide onto a wall. The slide is…

A: Given, Radius of curvature R = 89.7 cm Distance of object u = 55.3 cm   So the focal length of the…

Q: 27. * A laser beam is reflected by a plane mirror. It is observed that the angle between the…

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Q: A coin is lying at the bottom of a pool of water that is 7.3 feet deep. Part A Viewed from directly…

A: The position of the coin in the water of a pool is u=7.2 feet, this is the real depth As we know…

Q: ii) The critical angle for flint glass is 37.0426° when surrounded by air then. (a) construct the…

A: In this problem we will use snells law of refraction  μ1sinθ1=μ2sinθ2

Q: 5. A fiber-optic cable (such as those used in endoscopes or other medical equipment) consists of a…

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Q: 1. A ray of light is propagating in water and strikes a plate of fused quartz. The angle of…

A: From Snell’s law of refraction, nwatersini=nquartzsinrsini=nquartznwatersinri=sin-1nquartznwatersinr

Q: Problem 2: A light was made to pass through the bottom of a lake during a search and rescue…

A: The Snell's law is given by  n = sin isin r where, i is the angle of incidence, r is the angle of…

Q: A piece of glass (n = 1.51) is surrounded by air. A light ray in the glass is incident onto the…

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Q: 2. A 1.0 cm thick layer of water stands on a horizontal slab of glass. A light ray in the air is…

A: Given value--- incident angle = 60 degree . We have to find--- what is the rays direction of…

Q: Example2 A prism is made of glass of unkown refractive index. A parallel beam of light is incident…

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Q: 3. A laser light is held at a height of 30cm above the surface of a block of glass, and forming an…

A: Height at which the laser is placed is h = 30 cm The angle formed by the laser with the surface is…

Q: 5. A 2 m tall person is standing 4 meters away from me. I have a camera with a zoom lens (one with…

A: Equating the expressions for magnification,

Q: The critical angle for crown glass is 41.14° when surrounded by air then. (a) construct the ray…

A: given that: θC=41.14°

Q: You put a mirror at the bottom of a 2.4-mm-deep pool. A laser beam enters the water at 43 ∘∘…

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Q: 4. If you are standing 4 feet from a plane mirror and looking into it, how far from the mirror will…

A: 4) In the case of a plane mirror, the object distance equals the image distance. So, the image from…

Q: A ray of light travels through air until it strikes the interface between the air and another…

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Q: A ray of light travels through air until it strikes the interface between the air and another…

A: We know that by snells law  n1sinθ1=n2sinθ2 Given that n1=1 and θ1=41  sinθ2=1xsin41n2=0.65n2 a)for…

Q: 2. A 1.0 cm thick layer of water stands on a horizontal slab of glass. A light ray in the air is…

A: Given:-  A 1.0 cm thick layer of water stands on a horizontal slab of glass.  A light ray in the air…

Q: A thin lens with a focal length of 0.5 meters forms an image of an object. The object is 0.2 m from…

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Q: You left a glass full of homogenized milk on a table undisturbed for half an hour. What would result…

A: If I left a glass full of homogenized milk on a table undisturbed for half an hour. If I shined a…

Q: You observe a fish through the flat side of a large saltwater aquarium. The fish appears to be…

A: When observing an object through a medium from air, the object seems to be apaarently closer to the…

Q: A card sheet divided into squares each of size 1 mm2 is being viewed at a distance of 9 cm through a…

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Q: A 2.0-cm-tall candle flame is 2.0 m from a wall. You happen to have a lens with a focal length of 32…

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Q: A lightbulb is immersed in water.  Light travels out in all directions from the bulb, but only some…

A: There is a phenomenon called total internal reflection occurs when light rays travel from a more…

Q: 1 A concave lens of focal length 5 cm produces an image - times than that of the size of the 4…

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Q: 25. A fisherman in a boat is looking straight down through the water at a light bulb on the bottom…

A: We are authorized to answer one question at a time, since you have not mentioned which question you…

Q: A lens forms an image of an object. The object is 15.4 cm from the lens. The image is 11.7 cm from…

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Q: A ray of light incident on one face of an equilateral glass prism is refracted in such a way that it…

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Q: A 2.1-cm-tall candle flame is 2.3 m from a wall. You happen to havea lens with focal length of 37…

A: Given that the height of the candle flame and focal length of the lens then we have to determine the…

Q: From inside an aquarium a ray of light is directed at the glass so the angle of incidence, in water,…

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Q: 22. A straight glass rod appears to bend when placed in a beaker of water, as shown in the diagram…

A: In this problem, why is glass rod appears to bend see into the water as shown figure.

Q: 1. A light ray hits a surface at an angle of 12°. The material on the other side of the surface has…

A: Using snell's law: n1*sin i = n2*sin r n1 = Index of refraction on the incident side = ? n2 = Index…

Q: In which situation is light refracted?

A: Refraction is the change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another or from a gradual…

Q: A parallel sided plate of glass with an index of refraction of 1.60 is in contact with the surface…

A: In this question we are given that a parallel-sided plate of glass having a refractive index of 1.60…

Q: Four different potential paths of a ray of light through a trapezoid of glass are showr Path I Path…

A: When light passes through a rarer medium to a denser medium, then it moves toward the normal, and in…

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: