A light ray of wavelength lambda = 510. nm enters at an angle of incidence of 35.4 degrees from air into a blo
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A light ray of wavelength lambda = 510. nm enters at an angle of incidence of 35.4 degrees from air into a blo

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3 degrees. What is the speed of the light inside the plastic?n1=1 (air),1 x sin 35.4 = n2 sin 20.n2 = sin 35.......
A light ray of wavelength lambda = 510. nm enters at an angle of incidence of 35.4 degrees from air into a block of plastic. Its angle of refraction is 20.3 degrees. What is the speed of the light inside the plastic?

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the speed of light in a refractive medium is c/n where c is the speed of light in a vacuum and n is the refractive index

so we find the refractive index from snell's law

n1 sin(theta1) = n2 sin(theta2)

n1=1 (air), we find n2

1 x sin 35.4 = n2 sin 20.3

n2 = sin 35.4/sin 20.3 = 1.67

speed in block = 3x10^8m/s / 1.67 = 1.8x10^8m/s
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