The refractive index of water is 4/3 and for glass is 3/2 w.r.t air. What is the refractive index of glass w.r.t. water?
refractive index of water with respect to air = 4/3
that means
speed of light in air/speed of light in water = 4/3 --------------- (1)
and
refractive index of glass with respect to air = 3/2
that means
speed of light in air/ speed of light in glass = 3/2 - - - - -- - -- - - - -- - -(2)
we want
speed of light in water / speed of light in glass
so by dividing eq 2 by eq 1
we getspeed of light in water / speed of light in glass = 9/8