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What Do You Understand by the Statement the Refractive Index of Glass is 1.5 for White Light? - Physics

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प्रश्न

What do you understand by the statement the refractive index of glass is 1.5 for white light? 

उत्तर

The refractive index of glass is 1.5 for white light means white light travels in air 1.5 times faster than in glass.

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पाठ 4: Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces - Exercise 4 (A) 1 [पृष्ठ ८१]

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पाठ 4 Refraction of Light at Plane Surfaces
Exercise 4 (A) 1 | Q 13 | पृष्ठ ८१

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