Mike accidentally loses his book in a pond. To locate it, he projects a laser into the pond. If the laser light is incident at an angle of 60°, and the reflected ray and refracted ray are mutually perpendicular, then what is the refractive index of the pond water?

√3/2

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1/2

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√3

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2/√3

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The correct option is C √3

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