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प्रश्न
When a light ray passes from air into glass, what happens to its speed? Draw a diagram to show which way the ray of light bends.
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उत्तर
When a ray of light travels from a rarer medium to a denser medium (air into glass), its speed decreases and it bends towards the normal.
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