A possible means for making an airplane radar-invisible is to coat the plane with an antireflective polymer. If radar waves have a wavelength of 6.00 cm, and the index of refraction of the polymer is n = 1.68, how thick would the coating be if a 180° phase change occurs at both surfaces?

a. 17.9 mm
b. 35.7 mm
c. 8.93 mm
d. 4.46 mm
e. 25.2 mm


c

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a.?ritual.
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c.?iconography.
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