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If the index of refraction of a material is 2, this means that light travels
 
  A) 2 times as fast in air as it does in vacuum.
  B) 2 times as fast in the material as it does in air.
  C) 2 times as fast in vacuum as it does in the material.
  D) 2 times as fast in the material than it does in vacuum.
  E) 1/2 as fast in air as it does in the material.

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A light beam has speed c in vacuum and speed v in a certain plastic. The index of refraction n of this plastic is
 
  A) n = cv.
  B) n = (v/c)2.
  C) n = v/c.
  D) n = c/v.
  E) n = (c/v)2.
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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018
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