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In the diagram shown, a light ray is incident on the lower medium boundary at an angle `45°` with the normal. Find the deviation suffered by the light ray if–
(a) `mu_(2) gt sqrt(2)` (b) `mu_(2) lt sqrt(2)`

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(a) `45^(@)` (b) `90^(@)`
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