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What will happen to a ray of light when it enters from water to air?

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a

It will refract and bend towards the normal.

b

It will refract and bend away from the normal.

c

It will refract along the normal.

d

It will pass without any refraction.

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Refraction of light is the bending of light when it passes from one medium to another.

When a ray of light passes from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium, it refracts and bends away from the normal.

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Since water is optically denser than air, when the ray of light passes from water to air it will bend away from the normal.

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