Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Light

Light — practice question

Fig. 7.1 illustrates light travelling towards a boundary between two materials at speed $v$; after it passes through the boundary, its speed becomes $1.3v$.
(a)[1]

Determine the angle that the incident ray makes with the normal.

(b)[3]

Calculate the refraction angle.

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