Reflection, refraction and lenses

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A student is conducting an experiment to investigate how light refracts when passing from air into a block of heavy flint glass. They measure the angle of incidence, iii, and the angle of refraction, rrr, for several trials.

The experimental data is plotted in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1: Graph of angle of refraction r against angle of incidence i

Angle of incidence, iii (∘^{\circ}∘)Angle of refraction, rrr (∘^{\circ}∘)
106
2012
3018
4023
5028
6032
7035

Use the data and the trend in Figure 1 to estimate the value of the angle of refraction, rrr, when the angle of incidence, iii, is 80∘80^{\circ}80∘.

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