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Chapter 34: Q 51 (page 992)

A 4.0-m-wide swimming pool is filled to the top. The bottom of the pool becomes completely shaded in the afternoon when the sun is 20掳 above the horizon. How deep is the pool?

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The depth of the pool is 4.0 m

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Step 1. Given information is :Width of the swimming pool = 4.0 mBottom of the pool becomes completely shaded in the afternoon when sun is 20o above the horizonRefractive index of air n1 = 1Refractive index of water n2 = 1.33

We need to find the depth of the pool

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Step 2. Using Snell's Law

As the Bottom of the pool becomes completely shaded in the afternoon when sun is 20o above the horizon, the ray refracting from the top edge of the pool do not reach the bottom of the pool after refraction as shown below :

Using snell's Law,

n1sin胃1=n2sin胃2sin胃2=n1n2sin胃1胃2=sin-1n1n2sin胃1胃2=sin-11.001.33sin70掳胃2=44.95掳

Let d be the depth of the pool. Then,

tan胃2=4.0mdd=4.0mtan44.95掳=4.0m

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