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In Which Material Do You Think Light Rays Travel Faster-glass Or Air?

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In which material do you think light rays travel faster-glass or air?

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Solution

The speed of light in an optically rarer medium is more than the speed of light in a denser medium. Now, air is an optically rarer medium and glass is a denser medium. Therefore, light rays will travel fast in air.

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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 15. | Page 82
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