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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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Solution

(a) Refraction of light ray when it passes from air to an optically denser medium:

(b) Refraction of light ray when it passes from an optically denser medium to air:

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