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A person working on the transmission of a car accidentally drops a bolt into a tray of oil. The oil is 5.00 cm deep. The bolt appears to be 3.40 cm beneath the surface of the oil, when viewed from directly above . What is the index of refraction of the oil?

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Concept The index of refraction can be described by the following equation:

n=cv\begin{gather} n = \frac{c}{v} \end{gather}

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