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If the speed of light in a medium is 1.5 × 108 m/s, what is the absolute refractive index of the medium?

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Data: v = 1.5 × 10m/s,

c = 3 × 108 m/s, n = ?

n = \(\frac{c}{v}=\frac{3\times10^8m/s}{1.5\times10^8m/s}\) = 2

This is the absolute refractive index of the medium.



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