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A postage stamp kept below a rectangular glass slab of refractive index 1.5 when viewed vertically above it, appears to be raised by 7.0mm. Calculate the thickness of the glass slab.

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Solution

Given,
Refractive index of the glass block, μg=1.5
Shift in the image = 7mm or 0.7cm
Thickness of glass block or real depth = ?
Shift = Real depth ×(11μ)
0.7=R×(111.5)

R=0.7×1.50.5=2.1cm.

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