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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) The doublet of the sodium spectrum, in the yellow band, has two constituents having lengths of
589.0 nm and 589.6 nm, respectively. Light of this doublet is propagated at normal incidence
through a crystal slab. The index of refraction of the crystal at these wavelengths is 1.548. The
number of waves of the 589.0-nm constituent that are present in a crystal 1.3 mm thick is closest
to:
A) 2200
B) 5300
C) 3400
D) 4300
E) 2700

1)

2) The doublet of the sodium spectrum, in the yellow band, has two constituents having lengths of
589.0 nm and 589.6 nm, respectively. Light of this doublet is propagated at normal incidence
through a crystal slab. The index of refraction of the crystal at these wavelengths is 1.286. The
number of waves that are present in a crystal is different for each constituent. The difference in
the number of waves, in a particular crystal, is one whole wave. The thickness of the crystal, in
mm, is closest to:
A) 0.66
B) 0.45
C) 0.74
D) 0.51
E) 0.58

2)

3) A ray in air is incident on a glass plate whose index of refraction is 1.58. The angle of refraction is
one-half the angle of reflection. The angle of refraction is closest to:
A) 34
B) 38
C) 30
D) 36
E) 32

3)

4) A ray in glass is incident onto a water-glass interface, at an angle of incidence equal to half the
critical angle for that interface. The indices of refraction for water and the glass are 1.33 and 1.60,
respectively. The angle that the refracted ray in the water makes with the normal is closest to:
A) 30
B) 35
C) 25
D) 40
E) 45

4)

5) The critical angle for an air-glass interface is 61.9. A ray in air is incident on the interface. The
reflected ray is 100% polarized. The angle of refraction is closest to:
A) 39.6
B) 40.8
C) 39.0
D) 41.4
E) 40.2

5)

6) A glass plate whose index of refraction is 1.51 is immersed in a liquid. The surface of the glass is
inclined at an angle of 50 with the vertical. A horizontal ray in the glass is incident on the
interface. When the liquid is a certain alcohol, the incident ray arrives at the interface at the
critical angle. The index of refraction of the alcohol is closest to:
A) 1.12
B) 1.18
C) 1.14
D) 1.16
E) 1.10

6)

7) A glass plate whose index of refraction is 1.62 is immersed in a liquid. The surface of the glass is
inclined at an angle of 37 with the vertical. A horizontal ray in the glass is incident on the
interface. The liquid is an oil whose index of refraction is 1.40. The incident horizontal ray
refracts at the interface. The angle that the refracted ray, in the oil, makes with the horizontal is
closest to:
A) 3.6
B) 8.9
C) 11
D) 7.1
E) 5.4

7)

Figure 33.1a

8) A ray in glass arrives at the glass-water interface at an angle of 48 with the normal. The
refracted ray, in water, makes a 65 angle with the normal. The index of refraction of water is
1.33. In Fig. 33.1a, the angle of incidence of a different ray in the glass is 12. The angle of
refraction in the water is closest to:
A) 15
B) 13
C) 17
D) 19
E) 11

8)

Figure 33.1b

9) A ray in glass arrives at the glass-water interface at an angle of 48 with the normal. The
refracted ray, in water, makes a 56 angle with the normal. The index of refraction of water is
1.33. In Fig. 33.1b, the angle of incidence of a different ray in the glass is 11. The angle of
refraction in the water is closest to:
A) 60
B) 68
C) 62
D) 66
E) 64

9)

Figure 33.2a

10) A tank holds a layer of oil, 1.88 m thick, which floats on a layer of syrup that is 0.69 m thick.
Both liquids are clear and do not intermix. A ray, which originates at the bottom of the tank on a
vertical axis, crosses the oil-syrup interface at a point 0.90 m from the axis. The ray continues
and arrives at the oil-air interface, 2.00 m from the axis and at the critical angle. In Fig. 33.2a, the
index of refraction of the oil is closest to:
A) 1.96
B) 1.98
C) 1.94
D) 2.00
E) 2.02

10)

Figure 33.2b

11) A tank holds a layer of oil, 1.26 m thick, which floats on a layer of syrup that is 0.90m thick. Both
liquids are clear and do not intermix. A ray, which originates at the bottom of the tank on a
vertical axis, crosses the oil-syrup interface at a point 0.90 m from the axis. The ray continues
and arrives at the oil-air interface, 2.00 m from the axis and at the critical angle. In Fig. 33.2b, the
index of refraction of the oil is closest to:
A) 1.29
B) 1.41
C) 1.62
D) 1.85
E) 2.06

11)

12) When light travels from air into water,

A) its velocity, wavelength, and frequency all change.
B) its frequency changes, but its velocity and wavelength do not change.
C) its velocity changes, but its frequency and wavelength do not change.
D) its wavelength changes, but its velocity and frequency do not change.
E) its velocity and wavelength change, but its frequency does not change.

12)

Figure 33.3

13) In Fig. 33.3, a laser positioned on a ship is used to communicate with a small two man research
submarine resting on the bottom of a lake. The laser is positioned 12 m above the surface of the
water, and it strikes the water 20 m from the side of the ship. The water is 76 m deep and has an
index of refraction of 1.33. How far is the submarine from the side of the ship?
A) 84.1 m
B) 74.1 m
C) 64.1 m
D) 94.1 m
E) 104 m

13)

Figure 33.4

14) In Fig. 33.4, in the investigation of a new type of optical fiber (index of refraction n = 1.27), a
laser beam is incident on the flat end of a straight fiber in air. What is the maximum angle of
incidence !1 if the beam is not to escape from the fiber?
A) 45.3
B) 42.2
C) 39.1
D) 51.5
E) 48.4

14)

Situation 33.1
A tank holds a 1.44-m thick layer of oil that floats on a 0.96-m thick layer of brine. Both liquids are clear and do not
intermix. Point O is at the bottom of the tank, on a vertical axis. The indices of refraction of the oil and the brine are 1.40
and 1.52, respectively.
15) In Situation 33.1, a ray originating at O, crosses the brine-oil interface at a point 0.60 m from the
axis. The ray continues and emerges into the air. The angle that the ray in the air makes with the
vertical is closest to:
A) 60
B) 48
C) 54
D) 57
E) 51

15)

16) In Situation 33.1, a ray originating at O reaches a point on the brine-oil interface at the critical
angle. The distance of this point from the axis is closest to:
A) 1.7 m
B) 1.5 m
C) 1.9 m
D) 2.1 m
E) 2.3 m

16)

Situation 33.2
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A light beam has a frequency of 5.45 10 Hz in vacuum. It now enters water (n = 1.33) at an angle of 54.0 with the
normal in the air. It next falls upon a slab of glass in the water, striking the surface of the glass at 40.0 with respect to the
normal in the water. The refracted light in the glass makes an angle of 31.2 with the normal.

17) In Situation 33.2, the frequency of the light in the water is closest to:
A) 9.20 1014 Hz

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B) 4.10 1014 Hz
C) 5.45 1014 Hz
D) 8.45 1014 Hz
E) 2.72 1014 Hz
18) In Situation 33.2, the index of refraction of the glass is closest to:
A) 2.08
B) 1.06
C) 1.65
D) 1.56

E) 1.24

18)

19) In Situation 33.2, the wavelength of the light in water is closest to:
A) 550 nm
B) 414 nm
C) 333 nm
D) 908 nm

E) 732 nm

19)

20) Which one of the following is an accurate statement about light?

A) When light strikes a surface at the critical angle, only the reflected light is 100% polarized.
B) When light strikes a surface at Brewsters angle, the reflected and transmitted light are
both 100% polarized.
C) When light strikes a surface at Brewsters angle, it is completely reflected at the surface.
D) When light strikes a surface at Brewsters angle, only the reflected light is 100% polarized.
E) When light strikes a surface at the critical angle, all the light passes through the surface.

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21) Which one of the following statements about light is accurate?

A) For angles of incidence greater than the critical angle, all the light is absorbed in the
second medium.
B) Total internal reflection can occur only for light passing from an optically rare (small n)
medium to an optically dense (large n) medium.
C) Total internal reflection can occur only for light passing from an optically dense (large n)
medium to an optically rare (small n) medium.
D) Total internal reflection can occur for light traveling either way across a boundary.
E) For angles of incidence less than the critical angle, all the light is absorbed in the second
medium.

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22) A beam of light travels from air into a sheet of glass having refractive index n. Which one of the
following statements about this light is accurate?
A) If we increase n, the angle of incidence decreases.
B) If we double the angle of incidence, the angle of reflection also doubles.
C) The angle of refraction will be greater than the angle of incidence.
D) If the angle of incidence is large enough, the light will be totally reflected back into the air.
E) If we increase the angle of incidence, the angle of refraction decreases.

22)

Figure 33.5

23) In Fig. 33.5, the orientation of the transmission axis for each of three polarizing sheets is labeled
relative to the vertical direction. A beam of light, polarized in the vertical direction, is incident on
the first polarized with an intensity of 1000/Wm2. What is the intensity of the beam after it has

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passed through the three polarizing sheets when ! 1 = 30, ! 2 = 30, and ! 3 = 60?
A) 188 W/m2
B) 141 W/m2
C) 433 W/m2
D) 316 W/m2
E) 563 W/m2
Figure 33.6

A ray ab, of natural light in air, makes an angle of incidence q at b on a plastic plate. The reflected ray bc is incident onto a
glass surface at c, is reflected again, and continues as ray cd. The index of refraction of the plastic is 1.48. The glass surface
forms a 60 angle with the plastic surface.
24) In Fig. 33.6, ray bc and ray cd are both 100% polarized. The angle of incidence q is closest to:
A) 56.0
B) 55.0
C) 56.5
D) 57.0
E) 55.5

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25) In Fig. 33.6, the angle of incidence q is set at 62. Ray cd is 100% polarized but ray bc is not. The
index of refraction of the glass is closest to:
A) 1.60
B) 1.58
C) 1.54
D) 1.56
E) 1.52

25)

Situation 33.3
The following are positioned in sequence: A source of a beam of natural light of intensity I o; three ideal polarizers A, B,
and C; and an observer. Polarizer axis angles are measured clockwise from the vertical, from the perspective of the
observer. The axis angle of polarizer A is set at 0 (vertical), and the axis angle of polarizer C is set at 50.
26) In Situation 33.3, polarizer B is set so that the beam intensity is zero at the observer. The two

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possible axis angle settings of polarizer B are:

A) 90 and 130
B) 40 and 90
C) 40 and 130
D) 40 and 140
E) 90 and 140
27) In Situation 33.3, polarizer B is set so that the beam intensity at the observer is a maximum. The
axis angle of polarizer B is:
A) 100
B) 25
C) 0
D) 75
E) 50

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28) In Situation 33.3, the axis angle of polarizer B is set at 120. The ratio of the intensity of the beam
at the observer to the intensity of the source is closest to:
A) 0.020
B) 0.035
C) 0.025
D) 0.030
E) 0.015

28)

Situation 33.4
A beam of light is linearly polarized in a vertical plane and has an intensity I o. The beam passes through an ideal
polarizer and then through an ideal analyzer whose axis is set horizontally.
29) In Situation 33.4, the axis of the polarizer is set at 60 with the vertical. The ratio of the intensity
of the final beam to I o is closest to:
A) 0.19
B) 0.25
C) 0.43
D) 0.31
E) 0.37

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30) In Situation 33.4, the axis of the polarizer is set at 40 with the vertical. The ratio of the electric
field in the final beam to that of the initial beam is closest to:
A) 0.40
B) 0.24
C) 0.57
D) 0.49
E) 0.32

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Figure 33.7

31) In Fig. 33.7, a ray of light in air is incident on a flat piece of glass, at an angle of ! o = 62
with respect to the normal. The glass has an index of refraction n = 1.5. What is the
angle ! between the reflected (ray b) and refracted (ray c) rays?

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Figure 33.8

32) In Fig. 33.8, the corner of a prism (n = 1.23) is a 45 angle. The incident light makes an

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angle i with respect to the normal, as shown. If i is larger than some angle io, the light is
totally reflected at the second face of the prism. Find i o.
33) A ray of light traveling in air makes a 63.0 angle with respect to the normal of the
surface of a liquid. It travels in the liquid at a 43.8 angle with respect to the normal.
Find the critical angle for total internal reflection. (Assume n = 1 for air.)

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34) When unpolarized light from air (n = 1) is incident on a piece of glass with index of
refraction n = 1.34, the reflected light is found to be completely polarized when the
angle of incidence is ! B . What is the angle of refraction in this case? Give a numerical
answer.

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35) Three linear polarizers are oriented as follows: The axis of the second is at an angle of
59.0 relative to the first. The axis of the third is at an angle of 31.0 relative to the
second, so the axis of the third polarizer is perpendicular to the axis of the first.
Unpolarized light of intensity I o = 60.7 W/m2 is incident on the first polarizer.

35)

(a) What is the intensity of the light after it passes through all three polarizers?
(b) What is the intensity of the transmitted light if the second polarizer is removed?

Figure 33.9

36) Light of wavelength 475 nm in vacuum enters a plastic as shown in Fig. 33.9.
Measurements of the light in the plastic indicate that its wavelength there is 394 nm.
(a) What is the frequency of the light in the plastic?
(b) At what direction does the light travel with respect to the normal in the plastic?

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Answer Key
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1) C
2) B
3) B
4) B
5) D
6) D
7) D
8) B
9) C
10) B
11) B
12) E
13) A
14) D
15) B
16) E
17) C
18) C
19) B
20) D
21) C
22) A
23) E
24) A
25) A
26) E
27) B
28) E
29) A
30) D
31) 82
32) 11.6
33) 51.0
34) 36.7
35) (a) 5.91 W/m2 (b) 0
36) (a) 6.32 1014 Hz (b) 22.9

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