Light travels from air toward water. 1) If the angle that is formed by the light beam in air with respect to the normal line between the two media is 25°,  calculate the the angle of refraction of the light in the water. The indices of refraction of air and water are nair = 1.00029 and nwater = 1.33, respectively. (Express to 2 sig fig).

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Light travels from air toward water.

1) If the angle that is formed by the light beam in air with respect to the normal line between the two media is 25°,

 calculate the the angle of refraction of the light in the water. The indices of refraction of air and water are nair = 1.00029 and nwater = 1.33, respectively. (Express to 2 sig fig).

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