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4 years ago

What causes light to bend when it moves from one transparent medium to another?

Physics

2 answers:

leva [86]4 years ago

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I believe its the change in speed

DedPeter [7]4 years ago

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Light refracts whenever it travels at an angle into a substance with a differentrefractive index (optical density). This change of direction is caused by a change in speed. For example, when light travels from air into water, it slows down, causing it to continue to travel at a different angle or direction.

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4 years ago

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Explanation:

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$2t = (m+\frac{1}{2})\frac{\lambda}{n}$

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m= is an integer

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Answer:

A total of 150 joules of work was done

Explanation:

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3 years ago

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Answer:

a) 4.49Hz

b) 0.536kg

c) 2.57s

Explanation:

This problem can be solved by using the equation for he position and velocity of an object in a mass-string system:

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for some time t you have:

x=0.134m

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If you divide the first equation and the third equation, you can calculate w:

$\frac{x}{a}=\frac{Acos(\omega t)}{-\omega^2 Acos(\omega t)}\\\\\omega=\sqrt{-\frac{a}{x}}=\sqrt{-\frac{-107m/s^2}{0.134m}}=28.25\frac{rad}{s}$

with this value you can compute the frequency:

$f=\frac{\omega}{2\pi}=\frac{28.25rad/s}{2\pi}=4.49Hz$

the mass of the block is given by the formula:

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