A ray of light is incident at an angle of on one face of a prism which has an apex angle of The ray emerging out of the prism makes an angle of with the incident ray. Calculate the refractive index of the material of the prism.
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Using formula δ = i 1 + i 2 − A
where δ is angle of deviation, i 1 is angle of incidence on face 1, i 2 is angle of incidence on 2 and A is angle of prism.
3 0 = 6 0 + i 2 − 3 0 ⇒ i 2 = 0 Hence, angle of refraction on second face is zero ( r 2 = 0 ).
By the formula, A = r 1 + r 2
where r 1 is angle of refraction on first face of prism.
r 1 = 3 0 Applying Snell's law on face 1,
sin i 1 = μ sin r 1 sin 6 0 = μ sin 3 0 ⇒ μ = 3