A ray of light traveling in air ( \(n_{\text{air}} = 1.00\)) strikes a flat block of glass ( \(n_{\text{glass}} = 1.50\)) at an angle of incidence \(\theta_1 = 30^\circ\), refracting into the glass at an angle \(\theta_2\) measured relative to the normal. The glass block is then submerged in water ( \(n_{\text{water}} = 1.33\)), and a light ray traveling in the water strikes the glass surface at the same angle of incidence \(\theta_1 = 30^\circ\). How does the new angle of refraction in the glass compare to \(\theta

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13.3 Refraction

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A horizontal boundary line separates an upper region labeled Medium 1 from a lower region labeled Glass. A vertical dashed normal line intersects the boundary line orthogonally. An incoming light ray arrow in Medium 1 travels downward and to the right toward the intersection point, making an angle \(\theta_1\) with the vertical normal line. A refracted light ray arrow in the Glass continues downward and to the right away from the intersection point, making an angle \(\theta_2\) with the vertical normal line, where \(\theta_2 < \theta_1\). No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear. — Light ray refracting at the interface between Medium 1 and Glass.

A ray of light traveling in air (
\(n_{\text{air}} = 1.00\)) strikes a flat block of glass (
\(n_{\text{glass}} = 1.50\)) at an angle of incidence \(\theta_1 = 30^\circ\), refracting into the glass at an angle \(\theta_2\) measured relative to the normal. The glass block is then submerged in water (
\(n_{\text{water}} = 1.33\)), and a light ray traveling in the water strikes the glass surface at the same angle of incidence \(\theta_1 = 30^\circ\). How does the new angle of refraction in the glass compare to \(\theta_2\), and why?

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