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Which, if any, of the following statements is/are true? If light strikes a 5.0 c

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Question

Which, if any, of the following statements is/are true?

If light strikes a 5.0 cm thick sheet of glass with an index of refraction of 1.50 at an angle of incidence in air of 50.00o, then the angle of refraction in the glass is 30.71 deg

If n1 is the index of refraction for the incident medium and n2 is the index of refraction for the refracting medium, then a critical angle will exist when n1 < n2.

If a lens of focal length 20 cm has a object of height 3.0 cm placed 100 cm in front of it, then the image distance will be 25 cm.

To find an image by ray tracing requires a minimum of three rays.

The spreading of white light into its spectrum is called diffraction.

Explanation / Answer

If light strikes a 5.0 cm thick sheet of glass with an index of refraction of 1.50 at an angle of incidence in air of 50.00o, then the angle of refraction in the glass is 30.71 deg (true) If n1 is the index of refraction for the incident medium and n2 is the index of refraction for the refracting medium, then a critical angle will exist when n1