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A ray is incident at an angle of incidence i on one surface of a prism of small angle A and emerge normally from opposite surface. If the refractive index of the material of prism is mue the angle of incidence i is nearly equal to
(A) A/mue (B)A/2mue
(C)mueA (D)mueA/2

akash gupta , 9 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
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Eshan

Dear student,

From geometry, the angle of refraction from the first surface in this case will be equal to the prism angle as shown in figure.
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From Snell’s law,

sin i=\mu sinA
SinceAis small,

sin A\approx A
\implies sin r=\mu A
\implies r\approx sin r=\mu A
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