Snell's Law
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Light passes from a medium with some index of refraction at 25 degrees from perpendicular and exits into another medium with an index of refraction of 1.5 at an angle of 35 degrees. What is the value of
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Explanation
Snell's law states:
If we substitute the values from the question we get:
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