. A ray of light is incident at 30 degrees in air on an air-glass boundary. What angle does the ray make with the normal in glass?

EXTENDED SOLUTION

1. Draw a picture. A) Locate the air-glass boundary. B) Locate the incident ray. C) Locate Normal line (a line perpendicular to the refractive surface drawn at the point of incidence)..
2. locate the angles in air and in glass

3. Solve using Snell's Law

 

   
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