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Question
When a ray of light travelling in glass enters into water obliquely ______.
Options
it is refracted towards the normal
it is not refracted at all
it goes along the normal
it is refracted away from the normal
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Solution
When a ray of light travelling in glass enters into water obliquely it is refracted away from the normal.
Explanation:
If a ray of light goes from a denser medium (glass) to a rarer medium (water), it bends away from the normal.
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