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When light comes from air to glass, the refracted ray is bent towards the normal. Why ?

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According to snell's law,
`.^a mu_g = (sin i)/(sin r) = 1.5 = (3)/(2) :. sin r lt sin I or r lt i`
`:.` Refracted ray bends towards normal.
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