Refraction, Glass Slab & Apparent Depth
A plane mirror is placed at the bottom of a tank containing a liquid of refractive index ' ', ' ' is a small object at a height ' ' above the mirror. An observer ' ' vertically above ' ' outside the liquid sees ' ' and the image in a mirror. The apparent distance between these two will be

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Answer: (b)
- Let the liquid surface be at depth above . The mirror image of is below the mirror, i.e. at depth .
- Apparent depths: at , image at .
- Apparent separation
- So the answer is (b) .