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state of law of reflection of light. write down an expression to relate the refractive index of a medium with the respect to the speed of light in vacuum. the refractive index of water with respect to air is 4/3. the speed of light in water is 2*10 power 8 m/s. find the speed of light in air.

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Answered by harsha200314101
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Laws of reflection:
A) The incident ray, the reflected ray, and the normal to the reflecting surface at the point of incidence, all lie on the same plane which is perpendicular o the reflecting surface.
B) The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.

harsha200314101: Speed of light is 3 into 10 to the power 8 m/s
Answered by Reub3n
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•The ratio of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction always remains a constant.
This constant is called Refractive Index.
This law is called Snell's law.

Sin i/Sin r = a constant.

• In a denser medium, the speed of light is less and it bends towards the normal.
• In a rarer medium, the speed of light is more and it bends away from the normal.

•Refractive Index of a medium = Speed of light in vacuum/ Speed of light in the medium

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