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en Assignment rULL SCREEN PRINTER VERSE ON .BACK INEXT Chapter 35, Problem 008 In the figure, two light pulses are sent through layers of plastic with thicknesses of either Lor 2L as shown and indexes of refraction n1 1.61, n2 1.70, n3 1.65, n4 1.46, ns 1.61, ne 1.69, and n7 1.55 (a) Which pulse travels through the plastic in greater time? (b) What multiple of L/c gives the difference in the traversal times of the pulses? Pulle Units (a) Number (b) Number units Click if you would like to show Work for this question Question Attempts: o of s used SAVE FOR LATER suBMIT ANSwER
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Answer #1

time= distance/ speed

for pulse 1,

t1=L/c( 1/n1 + 1/n2 + 1/n3 + 1/n4)

for pulse 2,

t2=L/c( 2/n5 + 1/n6 + 1/n7)

t1=L/c ( 0.621 + 0.588 + 0.606 + 0.684) =

t2=L/c (1.24 + 0.591 + 0.645)

clearly, pulse 1 takes longer time.

t1= 2.499L/c

t2=2.476L/c

They differ by a multiple of 23 (approx)

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