A diverging beam of light from a point source S having divergence angle α, falls symmetrically on a glass slab as shown. The angles of incidence of the two extreme rays are equal. If the thickness of the glass slab is t and the refractive index n, then the divergence angle of the emergent beam is
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a
Zero
b
α
c
sin−11/n
d
2sin−11/n
answer is B.
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Since rays after passing through the glass slab just suffer lateral displacement hence we have angle between the emergent rays as α.