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A dust particle is inside a sphere of refractive index `4/3.` If the dust particle is `10.0 cm` from the wall of the `15.0 cm` radius bowl, where does it appear to an observer outside the bowl.

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Using `mu_2/v-mu_1/u=(mu_2-mu_1)/R`, we get
`1/v-(4//3)/-10=(1-4//3)/-15`
Solving, we get `v=-9.0 cm`
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