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Refraction through a Rectangular Glass Slab

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Draw a labelled ray diagram to show how a ray of light is refracted when it passes : (a) from air into an optically denser medium. (b) from an optically denser medium into air.

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(a) here the optically denser medium is glass and optically rarer medium is air

(b)here the optically denser medium is water and optically rarer medium is air

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