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A plane electromagnetic wave propagates in a medium moving with constant velocity V < < c relative

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A plane electromagnetic wave propagates in a medium moving with constant velocity V << c relative to an inertial frame K. Find the velocity of that wave in the frame K if the refractive index of the medium is equal to n and the propagation direction of the wave coincides with that of the medium.
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