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a ray of light with wavelenght of 580nm enters water from a medium which percieves the...

a ray of light with wavelenght of 580nm enters water from a medium which percieves the wavelenght as 420nm. if the angle of refraction is 40 degrees. tell the incident angle and speed inside the medium.
a 41.8 dgrees 217,391km/s
b 38.27degrees 217,391km/s
c 41.83 degrees 225,563km/s
d 38.27 degrees 414,000 km/s

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Summary: I applied snell's law to calculate the angle of incifence. And option b is correct.

genius_generous answered 1 year ago
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