Question

You stand near the edge of a swimming pool and observe through the water an object lying on the bottom of the pool.

Which of the following statements correctly describes what you see?

a. The apparent depth of the object is less than the real depth.
b. The apparent depth of the object is greater than the real depth.
c. There is no difference between the apparent depth and the actual depth of the object.

Answer 1

a. The apparent depth of the object is less than the real depth.

Step-by-step explanation:

When we observe for any object lying at the bottom of the pool from the edge of the pool then we are actually viewing an object from an optically rarer medium into an optically denser medium.

The schematic shows the apparent view of the object due to the bending of the rays coming form the object to our eyes.

The rays when coming from a denser medium to a rarer medium they bend away from the normal of the interface.