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Page 611: Lesson Check
$$
alpha_c=arcsinleft(frac{n_1}{n_2}right) = arcsinleft(frac{1.33}{1.65}right) = 53.7^circ.
$$
$$
alpha_c=arcsinleft(frac{n_{air}}{n_{glass}}right)Rightarrow39.1^circ=arcsinleft(frac{1}{n_{glass}}right).
$$
Taking sine of both sides we get
$$
sin39.1^circ = frac{1}{n_{glass}}Rightarrow n_{glass} =frac{1}{sin39.1^circ} =1.59
$$
$$
n_{red}sin30^circ=n_{air}sinalpha_{red};quad n_{violet}sin30^circ =n_{air}sinalpha_{violet}.
$$
This then gives by putting $n_{air} = 1$
$$
sinalpha_{red}=n_{red}sin30^circ;quad sinalpha_{violet}=n_{violet}sin30^circ.
$$
Taking sine of both sides of both equations we finally get
$$
alpha_{red}=arcsin(n_{red}sin30^circ)=45.3^circ;quadalpha_{violet}=arcsin(n_{violet}sin30^circ)=48.8^circ;
$$
yielding
$$
Deltaalpha = alpha_{violet}-alpha_{red} =3.5^circ.
$$