Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 26 - Geometrical Optics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 944: 91

Answer

$0.33^{\circ}$

Work Step by Step

We know that $\theta_v=sin^{-1}\frac{n_{air}sin\theta_1}{n_{liq},v}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta_v=sin^{-1}\frac{1.00 sin45^{\circ}}{1.332}=32.064^{\circ}$ similarly $\theta_r=sin^{-1}\frac{n_{air}sin\theta_1}{n_{liq},r}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $\theta_r=sin^{-1}\frac{1.00 sin45^{\circ}}{1.330}=32.391^{\circ}$ Now $|\theta_v-\theta_r|=|32.064^{\circ}-32.391^{\circ}|=0.33^{\circ}$
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