Absolutely ! If you have two vectors with equal magnitudes and opposite
directions, then one of them is the negative of the other. Their correct
vector sum is zero, and that's exactly the magnitude of the resultant vector.
(Think of fifty football players pulling on each end of the rope in a tug-of-war.
Their forces are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, and the flag that
hangs from the middle of the rope goes nowhere, because the resultant
force on it is zero.)
This gross, messy explanation is completely applicable when you're totaling up
the x-components or the y-components.
The question is incomplete. You dis not provide values for A and B. Here is the complete question
Light in the air is incident at an angle to a surface of (12.0 + A) degrees on a piece of glass with an index of refraction of (1.10 + (B/100)). What is the angle between the surface and the light ray once in the glass? Give your answer in degrees and rounded to three significant figures.
A = 12
B = 18
Answer:
18.5⁰
Explanation:
Angle of incidence i = 12.0 + A
A = 12
= 12.0 + 12
= 14
Refractive index u = 1.10 + B/100
= 1.10 + 18/100
= 1.10 + 0.18
= 1.28
We then find the angle of refraction index u
u = sine i / sin r
u = sine24/sinr
1.28 = sine 24 / sine r
1.28Sine r = sin24
1.28 sine r = 0.4067
Sine r = 0.4067/1.28
r = sine^-1(0.317)
r = 18.481
= 18.5⁰
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