A film of oil, with an index of refraction of 1.48 and a thickness of 1.50 cm,

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A film of oil, with an index of refraction of 1.48 and a thickness of 1.50 cm, floats on a pool of water, as shown in FIGURE 26-74. A beam of light is incident on the oil at an angle of 60.0° to the vertical.
In figure 26-74
60.0° Oil Water

(a) Find the angle u the light beam makes with the vertical as it travels through the water.
(b) How does your answer to part (a) depend on the thickness of the oil film? Explain.

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Physics

ISBN: 978-0321976444

5th edition

Authors: James S. Walker

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