Q.

Two immiscible liquids of refractive indices 85 and 32 respectively are put in a beaker as shown in the figure. The height of each column is 6 cm. A coin is placed at the bottom of the beaker. For near normal vision, the apparent depth of the coin is α4cm. The value of α is ____.         [2024]


Ans.

(31)

happ=h1μ1+h2μ2=68/5+63/2=4+154=314 cm