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What happens to light when it enters a rarer medium from a denser medium?

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When a ray of light enters into rarer medium from a denser medium, the velocity of the light increases. And if you will draw a normal to the line separating the two medium, the light will bend away from the normal when it enters the rarer medium from the denser medium.


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