Question

A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m above the surface of water in a lake. The refractive index of water is 4.3. A fish inside the lake, in the line of fall of the ball, is looking at the ball. At an instant, when the ball is 12.8 m above the water surface, the fish sees the speed of ball as

Answer 1

Answer:

16 m/s

Explanation:

fish will see the image of ball after reraction through water surface...

using

            n2/v - n1/u = n2-n1/R

R for plane surface is infinity & n2(refrative index of water) , n1(refractive index of air)

        4/3v - 1/u = 0

        v = 4u/3  ..........1

now differentiating eq 1 wrt t

 (velocity of image)dv/dt = 4/3.(du/dt) (velocity of object)

now when ball has fallen 12.8m then its velocity is U..

so velocity of ball as seen by fish is (4/3) .U

       V = 4/3. (U) =4/3 (sqrt2g(H-h))                                    (change in height (H-h) = 7.2m)

                         =4*12/3=16m/s