Tutorials in Introductory Physics
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Chapter 11.6, Problem 2bT
When comparing two materials of different indices of refraction, the material with the higher index of refraction is sometimes said to be more “optically dense” than the other. Is this terminology Consistent with the analogy that you made in part A?
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