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'O' Level Standard Questions - Refraction

Q2. A glass block has two parallel sides which are 5.0 cm apart and the angle of incidence of a ray of light falling on one of the two parallel sides is 50°. Find by drawing or calculation the perpendicular distance between the ray entering the block and the ray leaving the block.

The ray therefore suffers 1.9 cm of lateral displacement.