In the given figure, when light emerges from the glass slab, the light ray bends:

left of normal AB

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right of normal AB

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on the normal AB

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cannot be determined

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The correct option is B
right of normal AB

As air is a rarer medium w.r.t glass, the light ray will bend away from the normal and will follow a path parallel to the original light ray, but slightly displaced.
The given figure clarifies the above statement:

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In the given figure, when light emerges from the glass slab, the light ray bends:

The correct option is B right of normal AB As air is a rarer medium w.r.t glass, the light ray will bend away from the normal and will follow a path parallel to the original light ray, but slightly displaced. The given figure clarifies the above statement:

The correct option is B
right of normal AB

As air is a rarer medium w.r.t glass, the light ray will bend away from the normal and will follow a path parallel to the original light ray, but slightly displaced.
The given figure clarifies the above statement: