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AP Physics 2
13.3 Refraction
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A horizontal solid line separates two media, labeled Air with n = 1.00 above the line and Plastic with n = 1.41 below the line. A vertical dashed line passes perpendicularly through the horizontal boundary, representing the normal line. An incident ray, drawn as a straight solid line with an arrowhead pointing toward the boundary intersection, approaches from the upper-left in the Air region at an angle of 45 degrees relative to the vertical dashed normal. The angle of 45 degrees is explicitly labeled between the incident ray and the upper vertical dashed normal line. No refracted ray is drawn below the boundary surface in the Plastic region. No other labels, lines, text, or axes appear.
Incident ray striking the interface between air and plastic.
A light ray traveling in air (\(n = 1.00\)) strikes the flat surface of a clear plastic block (\(n = 1.41\)) at an angle of incidence of \(45^\circ\) relative to the normal line, as shown in the diagram. Which of the following correctly gives the angle of refraction inside the plastic block and describes the direction the ray bends relative to the normal?

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