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A beam of light traveling in air strikes a slab of transparent material. the incident beam makes an angle of 40° with the normal, and the refracted beam make an angle of 26° with the normal. what is the speed of light in the transparent material? (c = 3.0 × 108 m/s)

Respuesta :

The angle of the incidence (T) = 40°
Angle of refraction (r) = 26°
→To find the speed of light in the material
From shell's law, we know
n: sin i/sin = speed of light in air/Speed of light in the medium
Sin 40°/sin 60° = 3×10⁸/V
V = 3 × 10⁸× sin 26°/sin 40°
→ V medium = 2 × 10⁸ m/s.