A girl is sitting on the edge of a pier with her legs dangling over the water. Her soles are 80.0 cm above the surface of the water. A boy in the water looks up at her feet and wants to touch them with a reed. (nwater =1.333). He will see her soles as being:____

a. right at the water surface.
b. 53.3 cm above the water surface.
c. exactly 80.0 cm above the water surface.
d. 107 cm above the water surface.
e. an infinite distance above the water surface.

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tochjosh tochjosh · Answer 1 · 2020-08-12T03:06:08+02:00

Answer:

d. 107 cm above the water surface.

Explanation:

The refractive index of water and air = 1.333

The real height of the girl's sole above water = 80.0 cm

From the water, the apparent height of the girl's sole will be higher than it really is in reality by a factor that is the refractive index.

The boy in the water will therefore see her feet as being

80.0 cm x 1.333 = 106.64 cm above the water

That is approximately 107 cm above the water