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balandron [24]
3 years ago
15

If the index of refraction of a medium is 1.4, determine the speed of light in that medium.

Physics
1 answer:
Damm [24]3 years ago
3 0

The speed of light in that medium is 2.14 \times 10^8 \ m/s.

<u>Explanation:</u>

It is known that the light's speed is constant when it travels in vacuum and the value is 3 \times 108 m/s. When the light enters another medium other than vacuum, its speed get decreased as the light gets refracted by an angle.

The amount of refraction can be determined by the index of refraction or refractive index of the medium. The refraction index is measured as the ratios of speed of light in vacuum to that in the medium. It is represented as  η = \frac {c}{v}

So, here η is the index of refraction of a medium which is given as 1.4, c is the light's speed in vacuum (3 \times 10^8 ms^-^1) and v is the light's speed in that medium which we need to find.

1.4=  \frac{(3 \times 10 ^ 8)} {v}

v=  \frac {(3 \times 10^8)}{1.4} =2.14 \times 10^8 \ m/s

Thus the speed of light in that medium is 2.14 \times 10^8 \ m/s.

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