State the laws of refraction of light. If the speed of light in vacuum is

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State the laws of refraction of light. If the speed of light in vacuum is 3 x 108 m/s, find the absolute refractive index of a medium in which light travels with a speed of 1.4 x 108 m/s

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answered Jan 19, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
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Laws of refraction of light:
First law: The incident ray, the refracted ray, and the normal at the point of incidence all lie in the same plane.
Second law (Snell's law): The ratio of sine of angle of incidence to the sine of angle of refraction is a constant for a given pair of media.

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