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3 years ago

What happens when light waves travel from air through a denser medium

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Hitman42 [59]3 years ago

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Answer:

When a ray of light passes from a denser material into a less dense material it is bent towards the surface between the two materials. This means that in this situation the angle of refraction is always greater than the angle of incidence. ... They also apply to light passing through lenses

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Answer:

h=17357.9m

Explanation:

The atmospheric pressure is just related to the weight of an arbitrary column of gas in the atmosphere above a given area. So, if you are higher in the atmosphere less gass will be over you, which means you are bearing less gas and the pressure is less.

To calculate this, you need to use the barometric formula:

$P=P_0e^{-\frac{Mg}{RT}h}$

Where R is the gas constant, M the molar mass of the gas, g the acceleration of gravity, T the temperature and h the height.

Furthermore, the specific gas constant is defined by:

$R_{H_2}=\frac{R}{M}$

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$P=P_0e^{-\frac{g}{R_{H_2}T}h}$

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applying to the previuos equation:

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A flat sheet of paper of area 0.250 m2 is oriented so that the normal to the sheet is at an angle of 60 to a uniform electric fi

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Answer:

a. 1.75 Nm²/C

b. Yes.

Explanation:

a. Electric Flux is given as:

Φ = E*A*cosθ

Where E = electric flux

A = Surface area

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6. An earthquake releases two types of traveling seismic waves, called transverse and longitudinal waves. The average speed of t

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The distance away the center of the earthquake is 1083.24 km.

Explanation:

Given that,

Speed of transverse wave = 9.1\ km/s

Speed of longitudinal wave = 5.7 km/s

Time = 71 sec

We need to calculate the distance of transverse wave

Using formula of distance

$d=v\times t$

$d=9.1\times t$ ....(I)

The distance of longitudinal wave

$d=5.7\times (t+71)$ ....(II)

From the first equation

$t=\dfrac{d}{9.1}$

Put the value of t in equation (II)

$d =5.7\times(\dfrac{d}{9.1}+71)$

$\dfrac{9.1d-5.7d}{9.1}=71\times5.7$

$d0.3736=404.7$

$d =1083.24\ km$

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