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CBSE Class 12 Physics 2023 Outside Delhi Set 2 Paper

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Question : 12 of 13
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A ray of light is incident on a glass prism of refractive index μ\mu and refracting angle AA. If it just suffers total internal reflection at the other face, obtain a relation between the angle of incidence, angle of prism and critical angle.
ABCA B C is the prism.
A ray is incident on face ABA B .
Angle of incidence =i=i
It is refracted at an angle rr and incident on AC face.
There is just suffers total internal reflection means, the angle of incidence is critical angle (θC)(\theta_{C}) and the angle of emergence is 9090^{\circ} .
  APQ=90r\;\angle APQ = 90^{\circ} - r
  AQP=90θC\;\angle AQP = 90^{\circ} - \theta_C
So, in APQ\triangle APQ,
  90r+90θC+A=180\; 90^{\circ} - r + 90^{\circ} - \theta_{C} + A = 180^{\circ}
  r=AθC\therefore \; r = A - \theta_{C}
Applying Snell's law at point PP,
1×sin  i=μ×sin  r1 \times \sin \; i = \mu \times \sin \; r [considered the surrounding medium is air and its refractive index is 1]
   Or,   sini=μsin(AθC)\; \text{ Or, }\; \sin i = \mu \sin (A - \theta_{C})
   Or,   sini=1sinθc×sin(Aθc)\; \text{ Or, }\; \sin i = \frac{1}{\sin \theta_c} \times \sin (A - \theta_c)
  i=sin1[sin(Aθc)sinθc]\therefore \; i = \sin^{-1} \left[ \frac{\sin (A - \theta_c)}{\sin \theta_c} \right]
This is the required relation.
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