A laser beam is incident on a 45°-45°-90° prism perpendicular to one of its faces, as shown in the figure below. The transmitted beam that exits the hypotenuse of the prism makes an angle of 0 = 25.2° with the direction of the incident beam. Find the index of refraction of the prism. □ 45.0°

A laser beam is incident on a 45°-45°-90° prism perpendicular to one of its faces, as shown in the figure below. The transmitted beam that exits the hypotenuse of the prism makes an angle of 0 = 25.2° with the direction of the incident beam. Find the index of refraction of the prism. □ 45.0°

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A laser beam is incident on a 45°-45°-90° prism perpendicular to one of its faces, as shown in the figure below. The transmitted beam that exits the hypotenuse of the prism makes an angle of
0 = 25.2° with the direction of the incident beam. Find the index of refraction of the prism.
45.0⁰

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