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Wave Optics

Question
CBSEENPH12039677

A fish looking up through the water sees the outside world contained in a circular horizon. If the refractive index of water is 4/3 and the fish is 12 cm below the surface, the radius of this circle in cm is

  • 36 square root of 7
  • 36 divided by square root of 7
  • 36 square root of 5
  • 4 square root of 5

Solution

B.

36 divided by square root of 7 straight r equals fraction numerator straight h over denominator square root of straight mu squared minus 1 end root end fraction space equals space fraction numerator 36 over denominator square root of 7 end fraction