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Chapter 18 Problem 16P

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Problem 16P

A biologist keeps a specimen of his favorite beetle embedded in a cube of polystyrene plastic. The hapless bug appears to be 2.0 cm within the plastic. What is the beetle’s actual distance beneath the surface?

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The first step in solving 18 problem number trying to solve the problem we have to refer to the textbook question: Problem 16PA biologist keeps a specimen of his favorite beetle embedded in a cube of polystyrene plastic. The hapless bug appears to be 2.0 cm within the plastic. What is the beetle’s actual distance beneath the surface?
From the textbook chapter Ray Optics you will find a few key concepts needed to solve this.

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Title College Physics 12 
Author Randall D. Knight
ISBN 9780321595492

A biologist keeps a specimen of his favorite beetle

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