An air bubble in a glass slab of refractive index 1.5 is 6cm eep as viewed from one face and 4cm deeo as viewed from the nother face. What is the thickness of the glass slab?
here
thickness of the slab = real depth from one face (d) + real depth from the opposite face (d')
now, we know that
refractive index = real depth / apparent depth
thus, for the one face
1.5 = d / 6cm
or
d = 9cm
and for the opposite face
1.5 = d'/4cm
or
d' = 6 cm
so, total thickness of the slab will be
T = d + d' = 9cm + 6cm
or
T = 15 cm