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A ray of light of pure single color is incident at an angle of incidence $45^{\circ}$ on the face of a prism having angle of the prism $60^{\circ}$ . The refracted ray emerges out of the prism by undergoing minimum deviation. Find the refractive index of the prism.

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√2

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√3

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2

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