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OpenStudy (anonymous):

I have a doubt. Please help. The angle of incidence and refraction are equal in a transparent slab, when the angle of incidence is: a) 0 b) 45 c) 90 d) depends on the material of the slab I marked c) 90. Is it correct?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no its d.)depends on the material of the slab?.. that's the correct answer!... :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

How? We performed experiment. And I wrote 90 degreees. I thought it to be glass slab.

OpenStudy (ash2326):

let index of air be n1 index of glass be n2 see the diagram|dw:1324543781735:dw| n1*sin i=n2 sin r n1=1 sin i=n2 sin r sin i = sin r that can only happen when i=r=0 if i=r=90 then 1=n2 not possible so it should be 0 degrees, the ray is entering perpendicularly in the glass slab

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