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PeacefulPumpkin8091

The refraction of light:

Question 3.

Maybe it's just me but i dont understand how this is different than some other questions before. How could a refractive index being higher than a incident index that creates a smaller refractive angle create more of a "bend"? The more the bend the more the angle, right? Or is it the opposite? Sometimes SOFAD makes mistakes sok it's hard to trust them sometimes especially since I am not being taught the course in adult school.

Thanks,

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PoutineOrange5768

Hi PeacefulPumpkin8091! 😁

Thanks for the question! As you said, it can indeeb be tricky to understand how the refractive angle and the refractive index work together.

In your case, the bigger index creates the bigger bend, while also creating the smallest angle. To understand why, we need to understand what the refraction angle is. In this picture, you can see what is the refraction angle, and in your case, if the bend is bigger (the refracted ray will be more on the left), the refraction angle will become smaller.

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Snell-Descartes' Law of Refraction | Secondary | Alloprof

I hope this helped you!🔥

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