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The index of refraction for a certain type of glass is 1.645 for blue light and...

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

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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]


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