Light refraction from water at 23.0° to vertical

kaptinmorgan · Apr 16, 2008

Homework Statement

A diver shines a flashlight upward from beneath the water at a 23.0° angle to the vertical. At what angle does the light leave the water?

I thought that i could use snell's law here...but i don't know what to do afterwards...

angle of incidence is 23... and the index of refraction is 1.333

1.333 (sin 23) = 1 (sin x)

is that about right?

Shooting Star · Apr 18, 2008

kaptinmorgan said:

angle of incidence is 23... and the index of refraction is 1.333

1.333 (sin 23) = 1 (sin x)

is that about right?

Write very clearly what x represents here. What do you feel that the question wants?