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Refraction through a Rectangular Glass Slab

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A ray of light travelling in air is incident on a parallel-sided glass slab (or rectangular glass slab). Draw a ray-diagram indicating the change in its path in glass.

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When a ray of light travelling in air is incident on a parallel side glass slab, it bends towards the normal.

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