Draw a ray diagram to show the appearance of a stick partially immersed in water. Explain your answer.
Draw a ray diagram to show the appearance of a stick partially immersed in water. Explain your answer.

Solution:

A stick appears bent or lifted in the above image, which is partially immersed in water in a glass container. This is because the rays appear to be coming from P’, which is a virtual image of the stick’s tip P. The refraction of light from a denser medium to a rarer medium at the interface between two mediums causes this.