Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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Chapter 26 - Geometrical Optics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 942: 59

Answer

$21.6^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\theta_r=tan^{-1}(\frac{5.00cm}{20.0cm})=14.03^{\circ}$ Now we can find the required angle of incident as follows: $\theta_i=sin^{-1}((\frac{n_{glass}}{n_{air}})sin\theta_r)$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta_i=sin^{-1}[(\frac{1.52}{1})sin(14.03^{\circ})]$ $\theta_i=21.6^{\circ}$
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