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What Should Be the Ratio of the Speed of Light Through the Liquid to the Speed Through the Glass So that There is No Refraction of Light at the Boundaries of the Glass Block - Physics

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What should be the ratio of the speed of light through the liquid to the speed through the glass so that there is no refraction of light at the boundaries of the glass block when the system is illuminated by the light of one colour?

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Solution

Since there is no refraction of light at the boundaries of the glass block, it is possible only when the speed of light through the liquid as well as through the block is the same. Hence the ratio between the speed of light through the liquid to the speed of light through glass must be 1 (one).

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