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Q.

Is it true that if a person inside a water pool looks at an airplane, the airplane will appear closer than actual height?


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a

True

b

False 

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

The above statement is False.
Since the observer is inside the water (denser medium) and the object is in the air (rarer), the rays travelling from air to water bend towards the normal. Thus, the airplane will appear at a higher height than the actual.
If a person inside a water pool looks at an airplane, the airplane will appear at a height more than the actual.
 
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