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Question
Write the necessary conditions for the phenomenon of total internal reflection to
occur ?
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Solution
Necessary conditions for total internal reflection to occur are:
(i) The incident ray on the interface should travel in optically denser medium.
(ii) The angle of incidence should be greater than the critical angle for the given pair of optical media.
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