The refractive index of liquid is 1.5. If the velocity of light in vacuum is 3.0 x 108ms-1, the velocity of light in the liquid is

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 1983 Subject: Physics

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The refractive index of liquid is 1.5. If the velocity of light in vacuum is 3.0 x 108ms-1, the velocity of light in the liquid is
Answer Details
n =  speed in air speed in glass

1.5 =  3 × 10 4 speed in glass

speed in glass = 2 x 108ms-1

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