A fish looks outside water. It is situated at a depth of 12 cm below water surface. if the refractive index of water is 4/3 then radius of the circle through which it can see will be
12×3√7cm
12×3cm
12×3√5cm
12×√53cm
A
12×3√5cm
B
12×3√7cm
C
12×3cm
D
12×√53cm
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As shown in the figure it can see an conical view with cone angle θc (critical angle)
θc=sin−11μ=sin−134
R=12tanθc=12×3√7.
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