A container contains water upto a height of 20 cm and there is a point source at the centre of the bottom of the container.

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asked Mar 30, 2018 in Physics by Nisa (2,540 points) 1 14

A container contains water upto a height of 20 cm and there is a point source at the centre of the bottom of the container. A rubber ring of radius r floats centrally on the water. The ceiling of the room is 2.0 m above the water surface. (a) Find the radius of the shadow of the ring formed on the ceiling if r = 15 cm. (b) Find the maximum value 'of r for which the shadow of the ring is formed on the ceiling. Refractive index of water= 4/3.

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answered Mar 30, 2018 by rubby (7,550 points) 1 3 5
selected Apr 1, 2018 by Vikash Kumar
 
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As shown in the figure, sin i = 15/25

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