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In refraction of light through a glass slab, the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray are ______.

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Question

In refraction of light through a glass slab, the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray are ______.

Options

  • Perpendicular to each other.

  • Non-parallel to each other.

  • Parallel to each other.

  • Intersecting each other.

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Solution

In the refraction of light through a glass slab, the directions of the incident ray and the refracted ray are parallel to each other.

Explanation:

For refraction to happen the light ray will have to incident obliquely. If the light ray is incident on the glass slab at a zero angle of incidence the ray will travel without any change of direction. 

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