CBSE Class 12 Physics 2023 Outside Delhi Set 2 Paper

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A ray of light is incident on a glass prism of refractive index µ and refracting angle A. 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.
ABC is the prism.
A ray is incident on face AB .
Angle of incidence =i
It is refracted at an angle r and incident on AC face.
There is just suffers total internal reflection means, the angle of incidence is critical angle (θC) and the angle of emergence is 90∘ .

‌∠APQ=90∘−r
‌∠AQP=90∘−θC
So, in â–³APQ,
‌90∘−r+90∘−θC+A=180∘
∴‌r‌=A−θC
Applying Snell's law at point P,
1×sin‌i=µ×sin‌r [considered the surrounding medium is air and its refractive index is 1]
‌ Or, ‌‌sin‌i=µsin‌(A−θC)
‌ Or, ‌‌sin‌i=‌
1
sin‌θc
×sin
‌(A−θc)

∴‌i‌=sin‌−1[‌
sin‌(A−θc)
sin‌θc
]

This is the required relation.
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