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Snell's Law and Refractive Index

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briefly explain the path of light while passing from
(1) denser medium to rarer medium
(2) rarer medium to denser

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When rays of light travels from denser to rarer medium the rays of light travels away from normal and when rays of light travels from rarer to denser medium the rays of light bends towards the normal .

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