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Optics bench. Incident angle at 10.2 °. Incident side 0.18 , Exit side 0.7 . Currently incident side is short by 0.528.TUNINGOBJECTCONVEX LENSFOCAL PLANE
t = 0.0s

Incident side

0.18

Exit side

0.7

10.2 °

Optics bench. Incident angle at 10.2 °. Incident side 0.18 , Exit side 0.7 . Currently incident side is short by 0.528.

What has to balancen1sin⁡θ1=n2sin⁡θ2n_1\sin\theta_1 = n_2\sin\theta_2

What is happening

You are called to a laser survey line entering a flooded tunnel.

The beam is missing the far marker. It must leave the water at 32°, water is 1.33, air is 1.00, and the incoming angle is wrong.