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If the two media are glass and air, which of these is glass?
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  1. Medium B
  2. Medium A
  3. Both
  4. 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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