Light in a transparent material (index of refraction 1.333 ) strikes the boundary with another transparent material (n = 1.010)

(a) What is the critical angle for total internal reflection?
(b) By what percent does the wavelength change going from the 1st to the 2nd material?


(a) 49.26°
(b) 32.0%

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