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When a ray of light travels from denser to rarer medium:

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It bends towards the normal

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It bends away from the normal

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It goes perpendicularly

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Solution

The correct option is A It bends away from the normal
If ray of light travels from denser to rarer medium the refracted ray bends away from the normal.

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