Light strikes a 5.0 cm thick sheet of glass with index of refraction 1.50 at an angle of incidence in air of 50°. (a) What is the angle of refraction in the glass? (b) After traveling through the glass the light re-emerges into the air
What is the final angle of refraction in air? (c) Determine the amount its path is displaced when it leaves the glass from what it had been before entering the glass.
(a) 31°
(b) 50°
(c) 2.0 cm
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