A pencil partly immersed in water in a glass tumbler appears to be bent at the interface of air and water. Name the phenomenon of light responsible for it.

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A pencil partly immersed in water appears to bent due to reflection as light rays bent away from normal when they travel through optically denser to optically rarer medium.

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