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Old photographic plates were made of glass with a light-sensitive emulsion on the front su...

Old photographic plates were made of glass with a light-sensitive emulsion on the front surface. This emulsion was somewhat transparent. When a bright point source is focused on the front of the plate, the developed photograph will show a halo around the image of the spot. If the glass plate is 3.10 mm thick and the halos have an inner radius of 5.34 mm. what is the index of refraction of the glass? (Hint: Light from the spot on the front surface is scattered in all directions by the emulsion. Some of it is then totally reflected at the hack surface of the plate and returns to the front surface.)

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