You have enrolled in a scuba diving class and while swimming under water in a ne

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You have enrolled in a scuba diving class and while swimming under water in a nearby lake you look up and note that the Sun appears to be at an angle of 28° from the vertical. At what angle above the horizon does the diving instructor standing on shore see the Sun? ° This is the message I got when I put in an answer: Have you drawn a figure that represents this situation and shows all of the angles? Can you write Snell's law of refraction for this situation? What is the relationship between the angle at which the sunlight enters the water with respect to the normal and the angle of elevation of the Sun above the horizon as seen by the instructor?°

Explanation / Answer

by snell's law

sin i / sin r = refractive index of water / refractive index of air

sin i / sin(28) = 1.33

i = 38.64 degree

diving instructor will see sun at 38.64 degree

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