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A person on shore sees light

coming from a fish underwater. In
air, the ray travels at 21.2 deg. At
what angle did the ray travel
underwater?
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(Water n = 1.33, Air n = 1.00)
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ti
(Unit = deg)

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10 votes

Answer:

15.7

Step-by-step explanation:

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User Priyal
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Answer:

15.7

Step-by-step explanation:

Since N1 sin(angle1)= N2 sin(angle2), you can set up the equation to find the missing angle using inverse sin( 1.00 sin(21.2)/ 1.33). You would then get that the other angle is equal to 15.7 or 15.8 if you round up. I hope this helped! :)

User Niranj Rajasekaran
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