Light Enters the Smooth Flat Surface of a Block of Glass

question 115

Multiple Choice

Light enters the smooth flat surface of a block of glass from the vacuum of space (e.g., a spacecraft window) . What is the speed of light inside the glass compared to that in a vacuum?

• A) The speed will depend on the angle that the light ray makes with the perpendicular to the surface, becoming slower as the angle increases.
• B) same because the speed of light is constant, by definition
• C) faster because the glass is denser than the vacuum
• D) slower because the glass is denser than the vacuum

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