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A Coin Placed at the Bottom of a Beaker Appears to Be Raised by 4.0 Cm. If the Refractive Index of Water is 4/3, Find the Depth of the Water in the Beaker. - Physics

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A coin placed at the bottom of a beaker appears to be raised by 4.0 cm. If the refractive index of water is 4/3, find the depth of the water in the beaker.

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उत्तर

Let Real depth = x

∵ Refracture Index, μ = `"Real depth"/"Apparent depth"`

⇒ `4/3="x"/("x"-4)`

⇒ 4x − 16 = 3x

∴ x = 16 cm.

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