Us ing the fact that the speed of light in air is 99.97% of that in a vacuum so

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Using the fact that the speed of light in air is 99.97% of that in a vacuum so that , what is the value of the index of refraction for air? Explain your reasoning or show your calculations and round your answer to four significant figures.

Using the fact that the speed of light in air is 99.97% of that in a vacuum so that what is the value of the index of refraction for air? Explain your reasoning or show your calculations and round your answer to four significant figures. [Explain your reasoning here] When the light beam passes from Acrylite to air does it bend toward the normal line or away from the normal line? Explain [Explain your reasoning here] Based on your answer to part 1 (b) above do you expect the index of refraction for Acrylite, n, to be greater than, less than or the same as the index of refraction for air, ? Explain your reasoning [Explain your reasoning here] If Snell's Law holds and you plot a graph of sin(theta air) vs. sin(theta ) what should the shape of that graph be? What would the slope (or slopes of that graph) represent? Explain. [Explain your reasoning here]

Explanation / Answer

Refractive index = 100/99.97 = 1.00030009

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