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25.4 Exercise 10

Avg difficulty 2.5

Suppose you are using total internal reflection to make an efficient corner reflector. If there is air outside and the incident angle is 45.0º\text{45} . 0º, what must be the minimum index of refraction of the material from which the reflector is made?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 25.4 Total Internal Reflection, exercise 10

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