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Snell's Law:


\begin{displaymath}\frac{\sin\theta_1}{\sin\theta_2} = \frac{n_2}{n_1} =
\frac{v_1}{v_2} = \frac{\lambda_1}{\lambda_2} \end{displaymath} (31)


  
Figure 16: Refraction
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2001-01-05