You are some type of half fish half human thing. From underwater you see a bird flying above the surface. You want to hit it with your spear (reverse spear fishing), but you know that your aim will be off due to refraction. Where will you need to aim in order to correct for lights changing pathway? either draw a picture with a small description of what to do or provide a detailed description of what to do and why. (picture = 1000 words and all that)

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Problem 31PQ: Light is incident on a prism as shown in Figure P38.31. The prism, an equilateral triangle, is made...
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. You are some type of half fish half human thing. From underwater you see a bird flying above the surface. You want to hit it with your spear (reverse spear fishing), but you know that your aim will be off due to refraction. Where will you need to aim in order to correct for lights changing pathway? either draw a picture with a small description of what to do or provide a detailed description of what to do and why. (picture = 1000 words and all that)

 

2. An astronaut has found a transparent (although slightly reflective and a little bit foggy) gem floating in space. They shine a laser into the gem at about 30 degrees away from the normal line and see that inside of the gem the laser is refracting to 50 degrees away from the normal line. What is unusual about this gemstone?

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