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Grade 11General Physics

a ray of light is incident at an angle of 40 degree on a prism of refracting angle 60 degrees is deviated through an angle of 38 degrees calculate angle of emergence

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
By prisam formula,
i+e=A+delta
angle of incedence(i)=40degree, refractin angle of prism(A)=60degree, angle of deviation(delta)=38
e=A+delta-i
  =60+38-40=58degree