Obtain the speed of light in the transparent material

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A beam of light traveling in air strikes a slab of transparent material. The incident beam makes an angle of 40 degree with the normal, and the refracted beam make an angle of 26 degree with the normal. Obtain the speed of light in the transparent material? (c = 3.0 x 108 m/s)

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