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Answer the following.
Calculate the refractive index of the material of prism A.
Answer
Answer
AI$n = \frac{\sin\left(\frac{A+\delta_m}{2}\right)}{\sin\left(\frac{A}{2}\right)} = \frac{\sin\left(\frac{60^\circ+34^\circ}{2}\right)}{\sin\left(\frac{60^\circ}{2}\right)} = \frac{\sin(47^\circ)}{\sin(30^\circ)} = \frac{0\cdot7314}{0\cdot5} = 1\cdot463 \approx 1\cdot47$.
Final answer: 1.47
From ISC 2027 Specimen Physics Paper 1, question 14(i).