Question: When an observer looks into the empty swimming pool in Figure P24.35 and peers over the top edge, she finds that she can just see

When an observer looks into the empty swimming pool in Figure P24.35 and peers over the top edge, she finds that she can just see the far corner of the bottom of the pool. When the pool is filled with water, she can see a much bigger portion of the pool’s bottom; that is, she can now see a point on the bottom a distance L from the far edge. Find L. 


When an observer looks into the empty swimming pool in Figure P24.35

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