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Class 10 Physics (India) - Hindi

Course: Class 10 Physics (India) - Hindi > Unit 1

Lesson 8: Absolute & relative refractive index (Hindi)
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Class 10 Physics (India) - Hindi
Light – reflection & refraction (Hindi)
Absolute & relative refractive index (Hindi)
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Connection between relative and absolute refractive indices

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The relative refractive index of...
  • titanium dioxide with respect to ethanol, n, start subscript, start text, T, E, end text, end subscript, equals, 1, point, 86, and
  • germanium with respect to titanium dioxide, n, start subscript, start text, G, T, end text, end subscript, equals, 1, point, 54.
What is the relative refractive index, n, start subscript, start text, G, E, end text, end subscript, of germanium with respect to ethanol?
Note: Write the answer correct up to two decimal places.
n, start subscript, start text, G, E, end text, end subscript, equals
  • Your answer should be
  • an integer, like 6
  • a simplified proper fraction, like 3, slash, 5
  • a simplified improper fraction, like 7, slash, 4
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
  • a multiple of pi, like 12, space, start text, p, i, end text or 2, slash, 3, space, start text, p, i, end text
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