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2.3 Exercise 6

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An object is located in water 30 cm from the vertex of a convex surface made of Plexiglas with a radius of curvature of 80 cm. Where does the image form by refraction and what is its magnification? nwater=4/3n_{\text{water}} = 4 / 3 and nPlexiglas=1.65n_{\text{Plexiglas}} = 1.65.

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