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A man in a boat is lookinh dtraight down at a fish in the water (n = 1.333) directly beneath him. The fish is looking straight up at the man. They are equidistant from the air/water interface. To the man, the fish appears to be 2.3 m beneath his eyes. To the fish, how far above its eyes does the man appear to be?

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Answer:

To the fish the man appears to be 3.06m above its eyes

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that refractive index n

n = real dept/ apparent depth

While apparent depth is the distance the fish appears to the man which is 2.3m so using the equation

Real dept= n x apparent depth

= 1.333* 2.3= 3.06m

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