College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 22, Problem 53GP
** There is a light pole on one bank of a small pond. You are standing up while fishing on the other bank. After reflection from the surface of the water, part of the light from the bulb at the top of the pole reaches your eyes. Use a ray diagram to help find a point on the surface of the water from where the reflected ray reaches your eyes. Determine an expression for the distance from this point on the water to the bottom of the light pole if the height of the pole is H, your height is h. and the distance between you and the light pole is l.
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There is a light pole on one bank of a small pond. You are standing up while fishing on the other bank. After reflection from the surface of the water, part of the light from the bulb at the top of the pole reaches your eyes. Use a ray diagram to help find a point on the surface of the water from where the reflected ray reaches your eyes.
Determine an expression for the distance from this point on the water to the bottom of the light pole if the height of the pole is H, your height is h, and the distance between you and the light pole is l.
Express your answer in terms of the variables H, h, and l.
A ray of light passes from medium A to medium B. If the angle of incidence is 30° and the angle of refraction is 38°, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The index of refraction of A is greater than the index of refraction of B.
B. The index of refraction of A is lower than the index of refraction of B.
C. A and B have equal indices of refraction.
D. It cannot be determined unless at least one index of refraction was given.
E. It cannot be determined unless the types of material of the two media were given.
A beam of white light is incident at 340 to the surface normal of a stagnant lake. When the light is transmitted into the water, the different colors of light will be refracted at different angles to the normal. Which color of light will be refracted at the smallest angle relative to the normal?
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