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3 years ago

The speed of light in a transparent medium is 0.6 times that of its speed in vacuum. Find the refractive index of the medium.

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2 answers:

nalin [4]3 years ago

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Refractive index is defined as

$\mu = \frac{speed of light in air}{speed of light in medium}$

$\mu = \frac{c}{v}$

given that

v = 0.6 c

so we will have

$\mu = \frac{c}{0.6c}$

$\mu = 1.67$

grin007 [14]3 years ago

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<h2>Answer:</h2>

The refractive index is 1.66

<h2>Explanation:</h2>

The speed of light in a transparent medium is 0.6 times that of its speed in vacuum .

Refractive index of medium = speed of light in vacuum / speed of light in medium

RI = 1/0.6 = 5/3 or 1.66

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