A fish at the bottom of a pond appears to be 1.2 m from the water surface. What is the depth
of the pond?
(a) 1.67 (b) 1.85 (c) 1.78 (d) 1.59
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Given:
A fish at the bottom of a pond appears to be 1.2 m from the water surface.
To find:
Depth of pond?
Calculation:
So, in the question, the depth at which the fish is seen is actually the apparent depth. Apparent depth is slightly above the actual depth (due to refraction at water-air interface.
So, actual depth of pond is 1.59 metres.
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We know that
Thus option D is correct.
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