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Snell’s law states that the ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and refraction of a wave is Continue to post
constant when it passes between the two media. 20 questions remaining

Formula for the Snell’s law can be expressed as follows:

Here, and are the refractive indices of the two media, is the angle of incidence, and Snap a photo from your
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is the angle of refraction.

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Draw the diagram for the path followed by the light in two media.
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The refractive index of the first medium

Velocity of light,

That of the second medium

Velocity of light in this medium,

Calculate the times taken for the travels in the paths of two media.

The path in the medium 1 is,

The time taken to travel this path is,

……….. (1)

The path in the second medium is,

The time taken to travel is,

.………. (2)

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The total time is given by the sum of and from and

For this to be minimum, we have

and

And

Now

For this to be 0

………….. (3)

From the geometry of the figure

And

As

Substitute for , and for in equation (3)

Therefore, it is proved that the Snell’s law is .

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