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Swarali has got the following observations while doing an experiment. Answer her questions with the help of observations. Swarali observed that the light bent away from the normal , while travelling from a denser medium to a rarer medium. When Swarali increased the values of the angle of incidence (i ), the values of the angle of refraction (r ) went on increasing. But at a certain angle of incidence, the light rays returned into the denser medium. So, Swarali has some question. Answer them. (a) Name this certain valueof i. What is the value of r at that time ? (b ) Name this process of returning of light in the denser medium. Explain the process.

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SOLUTION :(a) Critical angle
`r = 90^(@)`
(B) Total internal reflection.
As light GOES from a denser to rarermedium, if the value of the angle of incidence increases, then the value of the angle of refraction ALSO increases. But after a specific angle of incidence called the critical angle, the light gets reflected back into the denser medium.


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