I AM DOING AN EXPERIMENT WITH MIRAGES.HERE IS THE BASIC IDEA
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SORRY FOR THE ROUGH DIAGRAM. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING IS YOU CAN
CONSIDER THE HOT AIR TO BE A DIFFERENT MEDIUM THAN THE AIR AT ROOM
TEMPERATURE SINCE THE DENSITY IS LESS. I AM USING SNELL'S LAW
n1 SIN01 =n2 SIN02
WHERE
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n1 n2
SINCE THE LIGHT BENDS AWAY FROM THE NORMAL AFTER GOING THROUGH
THE HOT AIR IT => THAT n2>n1 .BUT n1=1 SO MY QUESTION IS...
DOES LIGHT MOVE FASTER IN HOT AIR THAN IN A VACUUM?
I HAVE TO GIVE SOME TYPE OF EXPLINATION OF MY EXPERIMENT BY MONDAY
SO PLEASE RUSH ANY ANSWER.