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When the same monochromatic ray of light travels through glass slab and through water, the number of waves in glass slab of thickness 6 cm is same as in water column of height 7 cm. If refractive index of glass is `1.5`, then refractive index of water is

A

1.258

B

1.269

C

1.286

D

1.31

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