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A ray of light when incident upon a prism suffers a minimum deviation of 39° . If the shaded half portion of the prism is removed, then the same ray will -

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Options:
  • A suffer a deviation of 19.5°
  • B suffer a deviation of 39°
  • C not suffer any deviation
  • D will be totally internally reflected
Solution:
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The correct answer is: suffer a deviation of 19.5°
δ=μ-1A

δ2δ1=A2A1

δ2δ1=A2A

δ2δ1=12

δ2=δ12

δ2=392

δ2=19.5°

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