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Figures (a) and (b) show refraction of a ray in air incident at 60° with the normal to a glass-air and water-air interface, respectively. Predict the angle of refraction in glass when the angle of incidence in water is 45° with the normal to a water-glass interface (figure c).
Solution:  
(a) Applying Snell’s law for the refraction from air to glass.
Refractive index of glass w.r.t. air
aμg\,{}^{a}\mu_g = sin60sin35\frac{\sin 60^{\circ}}{\sin 35^{\circ}} = 0.86600.5736\frac{0.8660}{0.5736} = 1.51
(b) Now Snell’s law for the refraction from air to water
aμω\,{}^{a}\mu_{\omega} = sin60sin47\frac{\sin 60^{\circ}}{\sin 47^{\circ}} = 0.86600.6560\frac{0.8660}{0.6560} = 1.32
(c) Now the light beam is incident at an angle 45° from water to glass
ωμg\,{}^{\omega}\mu_g = sin45sinr\frac{\sin 45^{\circ}}{\sin r}1.511.32\frac{1.51}{1.32} = sin45sinr\frac{\sin 45^{\circ}}{\sin r} = 0.7071sinr\frac{0.7071}{\sin r}
sin r = 13.2×0.70711.51\frac{13.2 \times 0.7071}{1.51} = 0.6181
∴ r = 38.2°
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