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Three prisms 1, 2 and 3 have the prism angle `A = 60^(@)`, but their refractive indices are respectively 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6. If `delta_(1), delta_(2), delta_(3)` be their respective angles of deviation then

A

`delta_3gtdelta_2gtdelta_1`

B

`delta_1gtdelta_2gtdelta_3`

C

`delta_1=delta_2=delta_3`

D

`delta_2gtdelta_1gtdelta_3`

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`deltaprop(mu-1)`
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