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A Ray of Light Goes from Water into Air. Will It Bend Towards the Normal Or Away from the Normal?

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Question

A ray of light goes from water into air. Will it bend towards the normal or away from the normal?

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Solution

When a ray of light travels from a denser medium (water) to a rarer medium (air), it bends away from the normal. Therefore, the ray of light will bend away from the normal in the given case.

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Chapter 2: Refraction of Light - Exercise 1 [Page 82]

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Lakhmir Singh Physics [English] Class 10
Chapter 2 Refraction of Light
Exercise 1 | Q 9. | Page 82
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