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Standard XII

Physics

Deviation in Prism

The length of...

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The length of the optical path of two media in contact of lengths $d_{1}$ and $d_{2}$ of refractive indices $μ_{1}$ and $μ_{2}$ respectively is

μ_{1} d_{1} + μ_{2} d_{2}

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\frac{μ_{1} d_{2} + μ_{2} d_{1}}{μ_{1} μ_{2}}

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\frac{d_{1} d_{2}}{μ_{1} μ_{2}}

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\frac{d_{1} + d_{2}}{μ_{1} μ_{2}}

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Solution

The correct option is A $μ_{1} d_{1} + μ_{2} d_{2}$
Option A is correct

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