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Question
Light travels more quickly through water than through glass.
If a ray of light passes from glass into water, which way will it bend : towards the normal or away from the normal?
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Solution
If a ray of light passes from glass to water, it will bend away from the normal because glass is a denser medium as compared to water.
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