A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 60° on the glass slab of refractive index √3. After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 4√3 cm. The thickness of the glass slab i $s_________$ cm.
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A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 60° on the glass slab of refractive index √3. After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 4√3 cm. The thickness of the glass slab i $s_________$ cm.

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G1 Physics · Accepted Answer

Derived solution: Step 1: Use Snell’s law at each plane interface. For paraxial viewing through a plane surface, apparent depth = real depth × n(observer)/n(object medium). Step 2: Substitute the values given in the question and apply the geometry/sign convention shown. Step 3: On simplification the result is 12. Therefore the correct option is B.

A ray of light is incident at an angle of incidence 60° on the glass slab of refractive index √3. After refraction, the light ray emerges out from other parallel faces and lateral shift between incident ray and emergent ray is 4√3 cm. The thickness of the glass slab i s_________ cm.