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How did Huygen explain the absence of the back wave? Use this principle to draw the refracted wave front for a plane wavefront incident from a denser to a rarer medium. Hence obtain Snell law of refraction.

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Q. State Huygen's principle, Using this principle draw a diagram to show how a plane wave front incident at the interface of the two media gets refracted when it propagates from a rarer to a denser medium.Hence verify Snell's law of refraction .

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