While you are sitting on a chair at the edge of a 1. deep swimming pool, your eyes are 1. above the surface of the water.

While you are sitting on a chair at the edge of a 1.2-m. deep swimming pool, your eyes are 1.7 m. above the surface of the water. You see an acorn on the bottom of the pool at a 45∘ angle below the horizontal. What is the horizontal distance between you and the acorn?

Solution:Here the question uses the concept or real and apparent depth.Acorn appear at angle 45° below horizontal.Real depth of acorn is 1.2 mHence using the formula:Refractive index of water...