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A beam of light is traveling in air and strikes a material. The angles of incidence and refraction are 63.0 degrees and 47.0 degrees, respectively.

(a) Please obtain the speed of light in the material.

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  1. N1 = 1

    N2 = sin(Θ1)*N1/sin(Θ2) = 1.2183

    c = 3E8/N2 = 2.46245E8 m/s


  2. v = speed of light in the medium

    i = angle of incidence

    R = angle of refraction

    c = speed of light in a vacuum

    i = 63.0 degrees

    R = 47.0 degrees

    c = 1,079,252,848.8 km/h = 299,792.458 km/s

    c ~= 300,000 km/s (approximately)

    c = 670,616,629.4 miles per hour = 983,571,056.4 feet per second

    Snell's Law: (sin i) / (sin R) = n

    n = constant ratio of the speeds of light in two media.

    n  = c/v

    nv = c

    v  = c/n

    v  = c/((sin i) / (sin R))

    v  = (c sin R) / (sin i)

    v  = 299,792.485 km/s x sin 47 degrees / sin 63 degrees

    v  = 246,074 km/s

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