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Refractive index of a prism is and the angle of prism is . The minimum angle of incidence of a ray that will be transmitted through the prism is

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Updated on : 2022-09-05
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Correct option is A)

A ray is projected on face LM of the prism gets refracted from the two faces of the prism and finally emerges out of it.
For minimum , the emergent ray must graze on the face LN i-e.  

Using Snell's law for face LN,    


This gives

As ,



Using snell's law for face LN,  

This gives

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