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Why does light bend towards normal when it travels from rarer medium to denser medium?

Why does light bend towards normal when it travels from rarer medium to denser medium?

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Deepak Kumar Shringi
askIITians Faculty 4404 Points
5 years ago
Refraction oflightwhen itgoesfrom ararer mediumto adenser medium: ... In this case, the angle of refraction (r)issmaller than the angle of incidence (i). Waterisalso an opticallydenser mediumthan air, so when a ray oflight goesfrom air into water, itbends towardsthenormal

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