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Homework Statement
In the above figure, a ray of light is incident upon the interface between two media having indices of refraction n1 = 1.2 and n2, which is unknown. The known angles are f2 = 60° and f3 = 29.9°. (Note that the angles in the diagram may not be accurate.) What is the speed of light in the second medium?
Homework Equations
Snell's Law n[itex]_{1}[/itex]sin θ[itex]_{1}[/itex] = n[itex]_{2}[/itex]sin θ[itex]_{2}[/itex]
And the velocity of light equation:
n = [itex]\frac{c}{v_{n}}[/itex]
The Attempt at a Solution
Since the Angles given aren't the "true" angles that are used in Snell's Law
I took each angle and subtract them from 90° to get θ[itex]_{2}[/itex] = 30° and θ[itex]_{3}[/itex] = 60.1°
From there, I calculated that θ[itex]_{1}[/itex] = 29.9°
I took the variables n[itex]_{1}[/itex] = 1.2 and θ[itex]_{1}[/itex] & θ[itex]_{2}[/itex] and plugged them into the Snell's Formula to get n[itex]_{2}[/itex] = 1.196 as the index of refraction of the unknown substance.
I then plugged that calculation into the velocity formula to get 2.5 x 10[itex]^{8}[/itex], but I get that as the wrong answer.
I don't know where I went wrong with this. Thank you for your help!