Optics Question 974

Question: The refractive index of water is 4 / 3 and that of glass is 5/3. What will be the critical angle for the ray of light entering water from the glass

[RPMT 1996]

Options:

A) $ {{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{4}{5} $

B) $ {{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{5}{4} $

C) $ {{\sin }^{-1}} $

$ \frac{1}{2} $

D) $ {{\sin }^{-1}}\frac{2}{1} $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

$ _{w}{\mu _{g}}=\frac{1}{\sin C}\Rightarrow \frac{{\mu _{g}}}{{\mu _{w}}}=\frac{5/3}{4/3}=\frac{1}{\sin C} $

$ \Rightarrow \sin C=\frac{4}{5}\Rightarrow C={{\sin }^{-1}}( \frac{4}{5} ) $



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