If the two media are glass and air, which of these is glass?
Medium B
Medium A
Both
None
A
Medium B
B
Medium A
C
None
D
Both
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Light traveling from medium A into medium B bends towards the normal. This implies that medium B is optically denser than medium A. So, medium A is air and medium B is glass.
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