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A ray of light is incident on a glass block as shown in the diagram above. If the reflected and the retracted rays are perpendicular to each other, what is the refractive index of the glass relative to air.?

  • A.1.65
  • B.1.58
  • C.1.52
  • D.1.50
  • E.1.48
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Physics
Year
1996
Question no.
#30
Type
Objective
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