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Light is traveling from a medium with an index of refraction of 1.2 at an angle...

Light is traveling from a medium with an index of refraction of 1.2 at an angle of 50 degrees with the normal into a medium with an index of refraction of 1.6. What is the refracted angle in degrees?

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Snell's Law states,

Ni*sintheta1= n2*sin theta2

1.2*sin50=1.6*sin theta2

Angle of refraction, theta2=35.06 degrees

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