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A ray of light travels from an optically denser medium towards rarer medium. The critical angle for the two media is C=42° the maximum possible angle of deviation of the ray is

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a

48°

b

84°

c

96°

d

132°

answer is B.

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We know when a light ray is travelling from denser to rarer medium for I just greater than critical angle we get maximum deviation
i.e, maximum d =π2C as shown in the figure here we have C=42°
d=πc242°=180°84 d=96°

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