Compute the apparent speed of the goldfish

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A goldfish is swimming at 3.20 cm/s toward the front wall of a rectangular aquarium. The index of refraction of water is 1.333. Compute the apparent speed of the goldfish as measured by an observer looking in from outside the front wall of the tank?

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