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Light travels a distance x in time t1 in air and 10x in time t2 in another denser medium. What is the critical angle for this medium?
PhysicsRay OpticsNEETNEET 2023 (All India)
Options:
  • A sin-1(10t1t2)
  • B sin-1t2t1
  • C sin-110t2t1
  • D sin-1t110t2
Solution:
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The correct answer is: sin-1(10t1t2)

Applying Snell's law for refraction from denser to rarer medium, we get

μdenser×sinC=μair×sin90°cvdensersinC=cvair×1c10xt2sinC=cxt1sinC=10t1t2C=sin-110t1t2

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