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When a light ray encounters a dense-rare boundary at an angle equal to critical angle, then the refracted ray will travel along the boundary O b. the refracted ray will travel into the second

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When a light ray encounters a dense-rare
boundary at an angle equal to critical angle, then
O a.
the refracted ray will travel along the
boundary
O b. the refracted ray will travel into the second
medium
the refracted ray will travel along the
normal
O d. the light ray will reflect back into the same
medium in which it was incident

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