The most common type of mirage is an illusion that light from faraway objects is reflected by a pool of water that is not really there. mirages are generally observed in deserts, when there is a hot layer of air near the ground. given that the refractive index of air is lower for air at higher temperatures, explain how mirages can be formed.

Explanation:

Normally, the light waves from sun travel straight through atmosphere to the eye. But, the light travels at the different speeds through the hot air and the cold air.

In deserts, mirages happen when ground is very hot and the air is comparatively cool. The hot ground warms the layer of the air which is just above ground. When light moves through cold air and into layer of the hot air, the light gets refracted into a U-shaped bend due to change in the speed.

The “bent light from the sky” is refracted as it passes from the cooler air into the hotter air and back up to the eye. The brain assumes that refracted light follows the straight path. As refracted light from sky is interpreted to a straight ray, it let the person see image of sky on the ground.

This is why mirage appears as blue water.

a solenoid is created by wrapping a l = 90 m long wire around a hollow tube of diameter d = 4.5 cm.   the wire diameter is d = 0.9 mm.   the solenoid wire is then connected to a power supply so that a current of i = 9 a flows through the wire.

randomized variablesl = 90 m

d = 4.5 cm

d = 0.9 mm

i = 9 a                                          

write an expression for the number of turns, n, in the solenoid. you do not need to take into account the diameter of the wire in this calculation.

calculate the number of turns, n, in the solenoid.

write an expression for the length of the solenoid (l2) in terms of the diameter of the hollow tube d.

calculate the length of the solenoid (l2)   in meters.

calculate the magnitude of the magnetic field at the center of the solenoid in teslas.

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