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Refraction at Planar Surface

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Draw a ray diagram showing the path of rays of light when it enters with oblique incidence from air into water.

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Solution

For the given pair, air is optically rarer and water is optically denser.
When ray of light enters from air into water, it bends towards the normal as shown:

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