The back wall of a home aquarium is a mirror that is a distance of 33.0 cm away
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Question
The back wall of a home aquarium is a mirror that is a distance of 33.0 cm away from the front wall. The walls of the tank are negligibly thin. A fish, swimming midway between the front and back walls, is being viewed by a person looking through the front wall. The index of refraction of air isnair = 1.000 and that of water is nwater = 1.333. (a) Calculate the apparent distance between the fish and the front wall. (b) Calculate the apparent distance between the image of the fish and the front wall.
Explanation / Answer
Apparent depth = Real depth /
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