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| normal 48.6° ray red refractive index vacuum 41° refraction 2.3 |
A ray of light in air enters glass and bends towards ______.
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Solution
A ray of light in air enters glass and bends towards normal.
Explanation:
When light travels from an optically rarer medium (air) into an optically denser medium (glass), its speed decreases, causing the ray to bend towards the normal at the boundary.
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