1. How well do your values for the index of refraction of glass compare to the a

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1. How well do your values for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value of 1.5? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of glass compare to the accepted value?

2. How well do your values for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value of 1.33? How well does your average value for the index of refraction of water compare to the accepted value?

3. With determining the index of refraction for water the water is placed in a glass tub. How does this change the value that you found from the actual value?

4. If the speed of light were the same in all materials, would refraction still occur when light passes from one material to another?

Explanation / Answer

1) if we find experimentally we get approximately n = 1.488 for glass

2) if we find experimentally we get approximately n = 1.312 for water

3) we get more value than the actual value

4) refraction does not occur.

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