Optics Ques 55

  1. A ray of light is incident at the glass-water interface at an angle $i$, it emerges finally parallel to the surface of water, then the value of $\mu _g$ would be

$(2003,2 M)$

(a) $(4 / 3) \sin i$

(b) $1 /(\sin i)$

(c) $4 / 3$

(d) $1$

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Answer:

Correct Answer: 55.(b)

Solution:

Formula:

Critical Angle and Total Internal Reflection (T. I. R.)

  1. Applying Snell’s law $(\mu \sin i=$ constant $)$

at $1$ and $2$ , we have

$\mu _1 \sin i _1=\mu _2 \sin i _2$

Here,

$ \begin{aligned} & \mu _1=\mu _{\text {glass }}, i _1=i \\ & \mu _2=\mu _{\text {air }}=1 \text { and } i _2=90^{\circ} \end{aligned} $

$\therefore \quad \mu _g \sin i=(1)\left(\sin 90^{\circ}\right)$ or $\mu _g=\frac{1}{\sin i}$



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