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The speed of light in vaccum and in two different glasses is given in the table below:

a) Calculate the absolute refractive indexes of flint glass and crown glass.
b) Calculate the relative index for light going from crown glass to flint glass.

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a) flint glass:1.61, Crown glass: 1.52, b) 1.059
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