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A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium at an angle of incidence I (see figure). The reflected and refracted rays make an angle of  900 with each other. The angles of reflection and refraction are r and r’. The critical angle is

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a

tan1(sinr)

b

sin1(tanr')

c

sin1(tanr)

d

tan1(sinr')

answer is A.

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μ 21=sin900sinC=1sinC[for  critical  angle]   C=sin1=(1μ 21)   ............(I) Applying snells law at P, we get μ 21=sinr'sini=sin(90r)sinr [  i=r;  r'+r=900]   μ 21=cosrsinr            (ii) From (i) and (ii), C=sin1(tanr)   

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A ray of light from a denser medium strikes a rarer medium at an angle of incidence I (see figure). The reflected and refracted rays make an angle of  900 with each other. The angles of reflection and refraction are r and r’. The critical angle is