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Q 9.16 A small pin fixed on a table top is viewed from above from a distance of 50cm. By what distance would the pin appear to be raised if it is viewed from the same point through a 15cm thick glass slab held parallel to the table? Refractive index of glass = 1.5. Does the answer depend on the location of the slab?

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As we know,

Refractive index =

 \frac{actualdepth}{apparentdepth}

Here actual depth = 15cm 

let apparent depth be d' 

And refractive index of the glass = 1.5 

now putting these values, we get,

1.5 = \frac{15}{d'}

d' =10

the change in the apparent depth = 15 - 10 = 5 cm.

as long as we are not taking slab away from the line of sight of the pin, the apparent depth does not depend on the location of the slab.

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Pankaj Sanodiya

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