Calculate the wavelength in the medium

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Light of wavelength 612 nm in a vacuum travels 1.57 pm in a medium of index of refraction 1.51. Find (a) the wavelength in the medium, (b) the optical path length, and (c) the phase difference after moving that distance, with respect to light travelling the same distance in a vacuum.

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