Light enters a substance from air at an angle of 32 andcontinues at an angle of

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Light enters a substance from air at an angle of 32 andcontinues at an angle of 23 degrees. What is the index ofrefraction of the substance? a 1.36 b 1.11 c .74 d 1.28 question off a worksheet my physics teacher made i realllllyneed an explanation on this one, im very much stumped Light enters a substance from air at an angle of 32 andcontinues at an angle of 23 degrees. What is the index ofrefraction of the substance? a 1.36 b 1.11 c .74 d 1.28 question off a worksheet my physics teacher made i realllllyneed an explanation on this one, im very much stumped

Explanation / Answer

This is a pretty standard snells law problem. basically, nair*sin(1)=nsubstance*sin(2) so you need to look up the index of refraction of air which is1.0003 1=32 2=23 Now that you have all the values you just need to solve fornsubstance You should get a) 1.36

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