2. A light ray travels through two parallel slabs having different indices of refraction as in the figure shown below. The rays shown are only the refracted rays. Which value of index of refraction is larger?

2. A light ray travels through two parallel slabs having different indices of refraction as in the figure shown below. The rays shown are only the refracted rays. Which value of index of refraction is larger?

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