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Atmospheric Refraction

Why a person'...

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Why a person's leg appears to be short when standing in a water tank;?

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refractive index of water is greater than that of air.

Hence refraction takes place, due to which legs appear to be short while standing in the tank.

it is due to refraction this phenomenon happens

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