Situation 18.1
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.
-In Situation 18.1,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) 1.5 m
B) 1.7 m
C) 1.9 m
D) 2.1 m
E) 2.3 m
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