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Question
Images formed by totally reflecting prisms are brighter than the image formed by ordinary reflected light, why?
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Solution
This is because in total internal reflection 100% of incident light gets reflected. On the other hand, in ordinary reflection, 20% to 30% of incident light is lost. So, images formed in the first case are brighter than the images formed in the second case.
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