A glass of refractive index 1.44 allow light to travel through if at a speed v. calculate the value of v given that the speed...

      

A glass of refractive index 1.44 allow light to travel through if at a speed v.
calculate the value of v given that the speed of light in air =3 x 10^8 m/s.

  

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joseph
refractive index in glass = (velocity of light in air)/(velocity of light in glass)
1.44 = (3.0 x 108)/ V

V =(3.0 x 108)/ 1.44
v = 2.0833 x 108 m/s

joseph rimiru answered the question on October 6, 2017 at 20:19


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