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The speed of light in a medium of refrac...

The speed of light in a medium of refractive index n is `".........................."` where c is the speedof light in vacuum.

A

`(c )/(n)`

B

nc

C

`(n )/( c )`

D

`sqrt( (c )/(n))`

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`(c )/( n)`
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