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1.7 Exercise 33

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Unreasonable results Suppose light travels from water to another substance, with an angle of incidence of 10.0°10.0 ° and an angle of refraction of 14.9°14.9 °. (a) What is the index of refraction of the other substance? (b) What is unreasonable about this result? (c) Which assumptions are unreasonable or inconsistent?

OpenStax University Physics Volume 3, 1.7 Polarization, exercise 33

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