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What is Snell's Law? Snell's Law describes the relationship between angles of incidence and refraction when light passes between different media: n₁ sin θ₁ = n₂ sin θ₂, where n₁ and n₂ are refractive indices, and θ₁ and θ₂ are angles of incidence and refraction.
How is the angle of refraction calculated using Snell's Law? Rearrange Snell's Law: sin θ₂ = (n₁ sin θ₁)/n₂, then θ₂ = sin⁻¹[(n₁ sin θ₁)/n₂].
Example - Light from water to air: Given n₁ = 1.33 (water), n₂ = 1.00 (air), θ₁ = 37°. sin θ₂ = (1.33 × sin 37°)/1.00 = (1.33 × 0.6018) = 0.8004. θ₂ = sin⁻¹(0.8004) ≈ 53°.
What is the refractive index formula? Refractive index n = c/v, where c is speed of light in vacuum (3.0 × 10⁸ m/s) and v is speed of light in the medium. Rearranged: v = c/n.
Example - Speed of light in medium with n = 1.7: v = (3.0 × 10⁸)/1.7 ≈ 1.76 × 10⁸ m/s.
What is the critical angle? The critical angle (θc) is the angle of incidence that results in an angle of refraction of 90°. It occurs when light travels from a denser to a rarer medium. Formula: sin θc = n₂/n₁, where n₁ > n₂.
Example - Critical angle calculation: For light traveling from medium with n₁ = 1.63 to n₂ = 1.35, sin θc = 1.35/1.63 = 0.8282, θc = sin⁻¹(0.8282) ≈ 55.9°.
What is lens magnification? Magnification M relates image height to object height: M = hᵢ/hₒ = -q/p, where hᵢ is image height, hₒ is object height, q is image distance, p is object distance. The negative sign indicates a virtual image when q is negative.
Example - Magnification calculation: If a lens provides magnification M = 3 for an object 5 cm away (p = 5 cm), then M = -q/p → 3 = -q/5 → q = -15 cm. The negative sign indicates the image is virtual and located 15 cm on the same side of the lens as the object. The image height is 3 times the object height.
Important note for magnification: A negative image distance (q) indicates a virtual image, while a positive q indicates a real image. The negative sign in the magnification formula accounts for image orientation (inverted vs upright).
These notes are strictly aligned with the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for the FBISE 2026 annual examination.
- How do we calculate the angle of refraction for light moving from water to air? Given an angle of incidence of 37° ($n_1 = 1.33$) into air ($n_2 = 1.00$), the angle of refraction is found to be 53°.
- How do we determine the speed of light in a medium with a refractive index of 1.7? Using the formula $v = c/n$, the speed is calculated as approximately $1.76 \times 10^8\text{ m/s}$.
- How is the critical angle assessed for light traveling between two transparent media? For light moving from a medium with $n = 1.63$ to one with $n = 1.35$, the critical angle is calculated as 55.9° using $\sin \theta_c = n_2/n_1$.
- How do we calculate image characteristics from magnification data? If a lens provides a magnification of 3 for an object 5 cm away, the image is virtual and located 15 cm from the lens with a height three times that of the object ($q = -15\text{ cm}$).
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