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The 80cm80-\mathrm{cm}-tall, 65cm65-\mathrm{cm}-wide tank shown in Figure mentioned is completely filled with water. The tank has marks every 10 cm10 \mathrm{~cm} along one wall, and the 0 cm0 \mathrm{~cm} mark is barely submerged. As you stand beside the opposite wall, your eye is level with the top of the water.

a. Can you see the marks from the top of the tank (the 0 cm0 \mathrm{~cm} mark) going down, or from the bottom of the tank (the 80 cm80 \mathrm{~cm} mark) coming up? Explain. b. Which is the lowest or highest mark, depending on your answer to part a, that you can see?

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Total Internal Reflection\textbf{Total Internal Reflection}: When a ray travels in a material of greater index of refraction n1n_1 toward a material of smaller index n2n_2, total internal reflection occurs at the interface when the angle of incidence exceeds a critical angle θc\theta_c given by

θc=sin1(n2n1)\begin{gather*} \theta_c =\sin^{-1}{\left(\dfrac{n_2}{n_1}\right)}\tag{*} \end{gather*}

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