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Question
Higher Order Thinking Skills.
Light ray emerges from water into air. Draw a ray diagram indicating the change in its path in water.
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Solution

When a ray of light travels from dense medium to rarer medium [from water medium to air medium], light ray moves away from the normal.
∴ Angle of incidence < Angle of refraction.
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