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Posted by ******tasha****** on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 1:08pm.

The angle of incidence of light passing from air to a liquid is 38 degrees.The angle of refraction is 24.5 degrees. What is the index of refraction of the liquid

physics - Elena, Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 5:52pm
n =sini/sinr =
= sin 38/sin24.5=
= 0.616/0.415 =1.48

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