If ray travelling in air is incident on a transparent medium as shown in the diagram, the refractive index of the medium is given as

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 2001 Subject: Physics

Question 1 Report

If ray travelling in air is incident on a transparent medium as shown in the diagram, the refractive index of the medium is given as

Answer Details
From the diagram above, refractive index of the medium = sin(90- α )
_sin β
Reflective index of the medium = cos α
sin β

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