An oil film floats on a water surface. The indices of refraction for water and oil, respectively, are 1.333 and 1.466 . If a ray of light is incident on the air-to-oil surface at an angle of 40.0° with the normal, what is the angle of the refracted ray in the water?

a. 37.0°
c. 24.2°
b. 26.8°
d. 28.8°


D

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