document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163329>Question 1163329</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you are in shallow water and look at an object below the surface of the water, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the object will look farther away from you than it really is. This is because as light passes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "through air and water it bends or refracts the light rays. The index of refraction for water is 1.33.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the ratio of the sine of theta 1 and the sine of theta 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a)You are in 2 feet of water in the shallow end of a pool. You look down at some goggles at angle <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(theta=60) degrees measured from a line perpendicular to the surface of the water. Find (theta 2 ) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find the distances x and y <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you are in shallow water and look at an object below the surface of the water, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the object will look farther away from you than it really is. This is because as light passes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "through air and water it bends or refracts the light rays. The index of refraction for water is 1.33.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the ratio of the sine of theta 1 and the sine of theta 2.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) You are in 2 feet of water in the shallow end of a pool. You look down at some goggles at angle <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(theta=60) degrees measured from a line perpendicular to the surface of the water. Find (theta 2 ) \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) Find the distances x and y <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "As the incoming post is worded, it is mathematically incorrect, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because is asks to find distances 'x' and 'y', \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "but does not determine what these distances are.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is why this posted problem recalls me a lame horse with three legs.\r<BR>\n" );
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