Suppose you are told that only two colors of light (X and Y )are sent through a glass prism and that X is bent more than Y.Which color travels more slowly in the prism?

Q: What is the speed of light in a block of glass that has an index of refraction of 2.31?

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Q: If light moves from medium A to medium B its velocity reduces by half, the ratio of refractive index…

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Q: Light travels through a material with an unknown index of refraction and an angle of incidence of 43…

A: If the refractive index for any medium is n, the wavelength of light is λo for vacuum or air then…

Q: What happens when light moves from a medium with a low refractive index into a medium with a higher…

A: When ray of light is travelling from medium which has low refractive index into medium which has…

Q: What could you do to make the beam of light from the laser refract less as it exits the prism?

A: Required : How to make the beam of light from the laser refract less as it exits the prism.

Q: Light strikes the 70° glass prism (n = 1.51) with an angle of incidence of 50.0°. Calculate the…

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Q: How is the speed of light in glass affected by the succession of time delays that accompany the…

A: The light entering the glass, the photon interacts with the glass atom which sets into motion, this…

Q: Show your solutions Light travels in glass with a speed of (1/8)-c. Calculate the refractive index…

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Q: If the speed of light in a diamond is 12.4 million m / s, then the diamond refractive index is 1.24…

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Q: When cyan light and yellow light are combined together on a screen, what color is created?   a.…

A: Cyan light is a combination of blue and green colour  Yellow light is a combination of red and green…

Q: When white light goes from air into water, the color that refracts the most is   Question options:…

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Q: As light exits a prism_________causes the white light to spread out into the visible rainbow of…

A: Solution:- Option A. Diffraction

Q: The absolute refractive index of glass and water is 1.5 and 1.33 ,respectively . In which medium…

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Q: When a beam of white rays is dispersed by a prism which colour will be refracted to a larger extent

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Q: When a beam of light passes from air into water it undergoes a change of A) Frequency and wavelength…

A: The frequency of light does not change when it travels from one medium to another.

Q: You see colors with a prism because  Polarization Dispersion  Diffraction  Interference…

A: Prism is an optical object which refracts the light passing through it. When a white light passes…

Q: The angle at which light strikes a surface is the same as the angle at which it is reflected. a.…

A: Angle of incidence is equal to angle of reflection. So, the angle at which light strikes a surface…

Q: The frequency of a light wave in air is 5.3 × 1014 Hz. Is the frequency of this wave higher, lower,…

A: Frequency of light

Q: When light travels from medium X to medium Y as shown: X Y both the speed and the frequency decrease…

A: Frequency always remains constant for a light irrespective of medium.

Q: The colors in a rainbow are caused by(a) the interaction of the light reflected from…

A: A rainbow is the phenomenon which is caused by reflection, the refraction and the dispersion of…

Q: A ray of light strikes a flat, 2.00-cm-thick block of glass (n = 1.99) at an angle of 6 = 30.2° with…

A: Part (a) The refraction index of air is n1 = 1.00. The refraction index of glass is n1 = 1.99. The…

Q: The Law of Reflection The reflected angle of light is dependent on:  (Circle all that apply:) 1.…

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Q: Two lamps of 25 and 50 candelas are 100 cm apart. How far from the 25 cd lamp will a screen be…

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Q: A  ray  of  light  is  incident  on  the  surface  of  a  block  of   clear  ice  at  an  angle  of…

A: From the law of reflection,

Q: "Light travels in a medium with an index of refraction of 1.79. Find the distance covered by light…

A: GivenIndex of refraction,n=1.79Time,t=2×10-6 s

Q: A light ray in air is deflected by a prism as shown in the figure. What is the prism's index of…

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

Q: What is the speed of light ( km/s) in a medium with refractive index n = 1.3? Assume the speed of…

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Q: When a ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium, it bends A) towards the normal…

A: The refraction of light is the deviation of light from its original path due to the difference in…

Q: In a dispersive medium, the speed of light is a function of ………………

A: Given:  dispersive medium

Q: The refracted angle of light depends on

A: According to snell's law when light travels from a medium of refractive index n1 to another medium…

Q: Air Glas Glass Air A ray of light enters a glass plate whose index of refraction is 1.5 at an angle…

A: Given: A ray of light enters a glass plate whose index of refraction is ng=1.5 at an angle of…

Q: When white light disperses as it passes through a prism, which of the following colors moves at  the…

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Q: What angle will the reflected ray make with the reflecting surface if the angle of incidence is 34°?…

A: Given: The incident angle is 34o.

Q: What is the speed of light in a block of glass that has an index of refraction of 2.06?

A: Given data:  A block of glass  Index of refraction (n) = 2.06 Required: The speed of light in the…

Q: The speed of light is faster through a substance with an index of refraction of 1.2 versus a…

A: Given Information:- Refractive index of the first substance is n1=1.2 Refractive index of the second…

Q: Bending of light rays in denser medium is termed as: A) Reflection B) Dispersion C) Refraction D)…

A: The bending of light rays in a denser medium is termed as refraction.

Q: Rank the materials according to their indices of refraction, greatest first.

A: Analyze the following figure. The purple line drawn in the above figure is normal to the interfaces…

Q: A light ray passes from air through a glass plate with a refractive index of 1.60 into water. The…

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Q: If a light ray travel in a medium at a speed equal to half of the speed of light, then the…

A: V1 = 3*10^(8) m/s  Noe..V2 =V1/2 = 1.5*10^(8) m/s  Now...n= refractive index.

Q: When light passing through a prism undergoes dispersion, the effect is a result of: a. different…

A: The correct answer is option (d) i.e. All of the above options are correct

Q: The angle of incidence is 52 degrees. The refractive index of the glass for red light is 1.61 and…

A: Given data: The angle of incidence of light is θ1=52o. The refractive index of the glass for red…

Q: When a pulse of white light is incident on a piece of glass, the first color of the seven colors in…

A: As light goes from one medium to other, frequency remains the same. Velocity of the wave is,

Q: 3 – 44. If a ray of light from a material with n = 1.2 points at an angle of incidence of 25° would…

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Q: When light passes from one medium to another, its frequency remains the same but its wavelength…

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Q: The speed of light in a vacuum is 3 x 108 m/s. What is the ratio of its speed in water (n = 1.33)…

A: Write the expression for the speed in water.

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: