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3 years ago

What happens to a light wave when it travels from air into glass?

1 answer:

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Light is refracted when it crosses the interface from air to glass in which it moves more slowly.
Since the light speed changes at the interface, the wave length of the light must change too. The wave length decreases as the light enter the medium and the light wave changes direction.

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12) $1.04\cdot 10^7 J$

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14) 41.6 m/s

Explanation:

11)

The potential energy of an object is the energy possessed by the object due to its position relative to the ground. It is given by

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where

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g is the acceleration due to gravity

h is the height relative to the ground

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$PE_b$ is the potential energy at the bottom

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$KE_t=0$

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$PE_b=0$

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m is the mass of the object

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