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The index of refraction for a certain type of glass is 1.645 for blue light and 1.607 for red light. When a beam of white light (one that contains all colors) enters from air a plate of this glass at an incidence angle of 40.05
For BLUE:
Note that from Snell's law,
n1sin(t1) = n2sin(t2)
where
n1 = index of refraction of first medium =
1
t1 = angle of incidence = 40.05
degrees
n2 = index of refraction of second medium =
1.645
t2 = angle of refraction
Thus,
t2blue = 23.02660888 degrees
For RED:
Note that from Snell's law,
n1sin(t1) = n2sin(t2)
where
n1 = index of refraction of first medium =
1
t1 = angle of incidence = 40.05
degrees
n2 = index of refraction of second medium =
1.607
t2 = angle of refraction
Thus,
t2red = 23.60369513 degrees
Thus, the difference between them is
t2red - t2blue = 0.5771 degrees [ANSWER]