Assignment 1:

1) Calculate the critical angle for i) air- water interface, ii)

water- glass interface, iii) water- glass interface. Given: aµg
= 1.5 & aµw= 1.33.
2) An erect image, three times the size of the object is
obtained with a concave mirror of focal length 15 cm.
What is the position of object? Hint : use –ve for erect
image.
3) A convex mirror with a radius of curvature 30 cm forms a
real image 20 cm from pole. Is object erect or inverted?
Hint: do not forgot about sign rule.
4) An object is placed in front of a concave mirror and the
distance between the object and image is 4 cm. If the
magnification is 2, calculate the focal length.
5) An object 20 mm high is placed 10 cm from a spherical
mirror and forms a virtual image which is 40 mm high.
What is the radius of curvature of the mirror? Hint: use
sign rule for virtual image, use height of image –ve.
6) What is the apparent depth of a swimming pool whose
real depth is 4 m. How much does the bottom of the pool
appear to be raised? aµw= 1.33.
Light from a luminous point on the lower face of a
rectangular glass slab, 2 cm thick, strikes the upper face
and the totally reflected rays outline a circle of 3.2 cm
radius on the lower face. What is the refractive index of
glass?