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If c is velocity of light in air or vacuum and v that in a medium, then refractive index (n) =

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The refractive index or index of refractionof a material is a dimensionless number that describes how light propagates through that medium.
refractiveindexofmaterial=velocityoflightinvacuumvelocityoflightinmaterialn=cv

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