I just spent forever on one problem and I was too stubborn to ask for help or use any other assistance. I felt like I was dumb and panicked trying other ways since I thought didn't understand U-sub. All of this to realize, after 20 minutes, that I forgot the C.
the reason you see the apparent depth formula (for small angles) as h_i=(h_o)/n instead of h_1=(n_1/n_2)h_o is because most of the time it's assumed that the observers medium is air. Substituting the refractive index of air gives h_i=(1/n_2)h_o=h_o/n_2.
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I just spent forever on one problem and I was too stubborn to ask for help or use any other assistance. I felt like I was dumb and panicked trying other ways since I thought didn't understand U-sub. All of this to realize, after 20 minutes, that I forgot the C.
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the reason you see the apparent depth formula (for small angles) as h_i=(h_o)/n instead of h_1=(n_1/n_2)h_o is because most of the time it's assumed that the observers medium is air. Substituting the refractive index of air gives h_i=(1/n_2)h_o=h_o/n_2.
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