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Figure below shows a ray of light incident on the face of a cube made of glass refractive index 1.50. Calculate (i) The angle r: (ii) The critical...

Figure below shows a ray of light incident on the face of a cube made of glass refractive index 1.50

Calculate
i) The angle r:
ii) The critical angle for the glass air interface

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Kavungya answered the question on May 20, 2019 at 09:42

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