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Lesson: Chapter 5 — Optics

Putting the chapter together 2 of 3

Question 2

A ray in glass meets the glass–air surface at 50°. The critical angle of glass is 42°. What happens?

The right answer is the one marked above.

It is totally internally reflected. 50° is greater than the critical angle, and the light is going from denser to rarer.

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