quiz10

  1. Light is incident upon a boundary between two media at an angle of incidence of 40 degrees. The first media (incident) has an index of 2.00 and the refracted angle (in the second media) is 70 degrees. Which is closest to the index of refraction of the second media?
    a) 1.75
    b) 3.5
    c) 1.37
    d) 0.73
    e) 0.57
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  2. The wavelength in the initial medium of question 1 (the incident medium) is 589nm. What are the wavelength and the frequency in the refracted medium.
    a) 860nm and 2.55E5Hz
    b) 860nm and 2.55E14Hz
    c) 1178nm and 2.55E5Hz
    d) 1178nm and 2.55E14Hz
    e) 860nm and 1.74E14Hz
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  3. Consider light going from a medium with index of 2.00 into a medium with index of 1.00. What is the critical angle for these two media and in which medium is it?
    a) 45 degrees in the slow medium
    b) 30 degrees in the fast medium
    c) 45 degrees in the fast medium
    d) 30 degrees in the larger index medium
    e) 30 degrees in the longer wavelength medium
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