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A light ray in air is incident on an air-to-glass boundary at an angle of 30.0º and is refracted in the glass at an angle of 21.0º with the normal. Find the index of refraction of the glass.

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A light ray in air is incident on an air-to-glass boundary at an angle of 30.0º and is refracted in the
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