Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 23 - Light: Geometric Optics - Questions - Page 671: 10

Answer

See the figure below.

Work Step by Step

As we see below, the light beams when coming out of the water, and since the water has a greater index of refraction than that of air, so the beams bend away from the verticall line, and when they hit the observer's eye he sees the stick is bent since the refracted beams are bent.
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