Rays from a point source of light situated at height $h$ below the liquid surface having refractive index…
- $\frac{\pi}{h\left(\mu^2-1\right)}$
- $\frac{\pi h}{\left(\mu^2-1\right)}$
- $\frac{\pi h^2}{\left(\mu^2-1\right)}$
- $\frac{\pi h^2}{\sqrt{\left(\mu^2-1\right)}}$
Solution
Area of the light patch $=\pi r^2$
We know the patch forms due to total internal reflection. Light rays from source $S$ are incident at the edge of the circular path at critical angle $\theta_{\mathrm{C}}$ (as shown at points $\mathrm{P}$ and $\mathrm{Q}$ ), the refracted ray exits at angle $\frac{\pi}{2}$ w.r.t. the normal.
Using Snell's Law
$\begin{aligned}
& \therefore \mu\left(\sin \theta_C\right)=1\left(\sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\right) \\
& \Rightarrow \sin \theta_C=\frac{1}{\mu}=\frac{r}{\sqrt{h^2+r^2}} \\
& \Rightarrow r^2=\frac{\left(h^2+r^2\right)}{\mu^2} \\
& \Rightarrow r^2=\frac{h^2}{\left(\mu^2-1\right)}
\end{aligned}$
$\therefore$ Area of the patch $=\left(\frac{\pi h^2}{\mu^2-1}\right)$Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (10 Aug Shift 1)