A ray of light is incident on the surface of a block of clear ice at an angle of 39.0° with the normal. Part of the light is reflected and part is refracted. Find the angle between the reflected and refracted light.

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Answer:

112.76°

Explanation:

The angle of the reflected light is the same as the angle of the incident light:

[tex]\theta_r=\theta_i=39.0\°[/tex]

The refracted angle is obtained by using the Snell's law:

[tex]n_1sen\theta_1=n_2sin\theta_2[/tex]

n1: air index of refraction ≈ 1.00

n2: ice index of refraction = 1.31

By replacing the values for the incident angle and the index of refraction you can calculate the angle of refraction:

[tex](1.00)sin(39.0\°)=(1.33)sin\theta_2\\\\\theta_2=sin^{-1}(\frac{(1.00)sin(39.0\°)}{1.33})=28.24\°[/tex]

the angle between the reflected and refracted angle will be:

[tex]\phi=(90\°-39.0\°)+(90\°-28.24\°)=112.76\°[/tex]

where you have taken into account that the angles aremeasured according to the horizontal axis.