College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 55GP
A thin glass slide (n = 1.53) that is 0.485 μm thick and surrounded by air is illuminated by a monochromatic
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