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A prism of refractive index 2 has a refracting angle of 60°. At what angle a ray must be incident on it so that it suffers a minimum deviation?

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45°
b
60°
c
90°
d
180°

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Correct option is A

μ=sin  isinA2⇒2=sin  isin602⇒i=45o


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