In vacuum, the wavelength of the light in your laser pointer is (538 mathrm{~nm}). Standing at the

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In vacuum, the wavelength of the light in your laser pointer is \(538 \mathrm{~nm}\). Standing at the shore of a calm pond, you shine the laser beam onto the water surface at an angle of \(60^{\circ}\) from the normal to the surface. If the index of refraction for the water is \(n=1.333\), how do each of the following properties of the light change as the light enters the water:

(a) wavelength,

(b) frequency,

(c) speed, and 

\((d)\) direction of propagation?

(e) If you shine the beam directly onto the surface (along the normal), do any of your answers change, and if so, how?

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