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A ray of light is incident from air on the surface of a block of clear ice (nice=1.31) at an angle of 45.0° with the normal. Part of the lig
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A ray of light is incident from air on the surface of a block of clear ice (nice=1.31) at an angle of 45.0° with the normal. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. Find the angle between the reflected and refracted light.
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2021-08-29T22:54:32+00:00
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Answer: θ = 102.3°
Explanation:
The reflected light will depart at 45.0° from the normal
Snell’s law for the refracted light
1.00sin45 = 1.31sinθ
θ = arcsin(sin45.0/1.31) = 32.66840… ≈32.7°
The angle between these is 180 – 45 – 32.7 = 102.3°