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Question: A catfish is2.00m below the surface of a smooth lake. (a) What is the diameter of the circle on the surface through which the fish can see the world outside the water? (b) If the fish descends, does the diameter of the circle increase, decrease, or remain the same?

Short Answer

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  1. The diameter of the circle through which the fish can see the world outside the water will be 4.56m.
  2. If the fish descends, it will increase the diameter of the circle.

Step by step solution

01

Given

The depth of the catfish in the smooth lake is 2.00m.

02

Understanding the concept

We can draw a ray diagram for the given problem. From the ray diagram and Snell鈥檚 law of refraction, we can get the formula for the diameter of the circle. Using the given values, we can get the answer for the diameter of the circle.

Formula:

n1蝉颈苍胃1=n2蝉颈苍胃2

03

(a) Calculate the diameter of the circle through which the fish can see the world outside the water

From the above diagram, we can write that

tan90-c=DepthRadiusDiameter=2Radiustan90-c=DepthDiameter2肠辞迟胃c=DepthDiameter2迟补苍胃c=Diameter2DepthDiameter=2Depth迟补苍胃c

We have,

nw=1.33andna=1

Fromthefigure, we can write that

For air, the refractive angle will be90.

So according to Snell鈥檚 law,

nwsinc=nasinasinc=nanwsinasinc=11.33sin90sinc=0.75c=sin-10.75c=48.7

nw蝉颈苍胃c=na蝉颈苍胃a蝉颈苍胃c=nanw蝉颈苍胃a蝉颈苍胃c=11.33sin90蝉颈苍胃c=0.75c=sin-10.75c=48.7

We have

DiameterofCircle=2DepthofCatfish迟补苍胃cDiameterofCircle=22.00mtan48.7DiameterofCircle=4.56m

04

(b) Find out if the fish descends, and does it affect the diameter of the circle or not

We have

Diameterofcircle=2Depth迟补苍胃

From the above equation, we can write that

DiameterofcircleDepth

From this, we conclude that if the depth at which the catfish is present below the water surface increases, the diameter of the circle through which the fish can see the outside world also increases.

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