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What will happen if light travels from medium 1 to medium 2 and speed of light is less in medium 2?

Asked by Denise_nambiar, Last updated: Apr 08, 2024

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Daniel Collingwood

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Answered Dec 13, 2017

(B) Bend away from the normal.

When light travels from a rarer to denser medium then the ray of light will bend away from the normal.

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John Adney

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Answered Oct 28, 2017

The light ray is moving from denser to rarer medium so the light ray will

refract away from the normal

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denise_nambiar2122

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Answered Oct 28, 2017

Refract towards the normal
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