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A plane wavefront is incident with zero angle of incidence f a plance separating two media. The wavefront is

A

perpendicular to the surface

B

parallel to the surface

C

inclined at an angle of `45^2` with the surface

D

inclined at an angle of `60^@` with the surface

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