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A transparent cylinder has its right half polished so as to act as a mirror. A paraxial light ray incident from left, parallel to principal axis, exits parallel to that incident ray as shown. The refractive index of the material of cylinder is

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For refraction at surface, we use
 v=2R,u=,μ1=1andμ2=μ
Using refraction formula, we have
 μ2vμ2v=μ2μ1R μ22R+μ1=μ2μ1R
 
 

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A transparent cylinder has its right half polished so as to act as a mirror. A paraxial light ray incident from left, parallel to principal axis, exits parallel to that incident ray as shown. The refractive index of the material of cylinder is