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The light shifts from air to ice at an angle of 600 degrees. At what speed does light travel in the ice?

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Answer:

The speed of light in air is c = 3 × 108 m/s.

Thus, the speed of light in glass will be given as.

v = c/n = 3 × 108/ 1.5 = 2 × 108 m/s.

The speed, wavelength and frequency are related as.

c = νλ

Thus, wavelength in air is given as.

λa = c/ν = 3 × 108/ 6 × 1014 = 5 × 10-7 m.

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