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Is angle of emergence equal to angle of deviation

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Dear Student,
Answer to your question is given below:

Angle of emergence can never be equal to angle of deviation.
Angle of emergence can be equal to angle to incidence at minimum deviation, but angle of emergence can never be equal to angle of divergence.

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