A ray of light is incident on an air-glass boundary at an angle t? If the angle between the partial reflected ray and the refracted ray is 90°, calculate θ given that the refractive index of glass is 1.50
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The problem was with the trigonometric function of linking the angle of refraction to sin (90- θ)
= Cos θ
The expected answer is:
n = Sin θ
Sin r
= Sin θ
Sin (90- θ)
= Sin θ
Cos θ
= tan θ
Θ= (1.5) = 56.31°
(1.5) = 56.31°