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When a beam of light goes from denser medium (`mu_d`) to rarer medium (`mu_r`), then it is generally observed that magnitude of angle of incidence is half that of angle of refraction. Then magnitude of incident angle will be-(here `mu=mu_d //mu_r`)

A

`2sin^(-1) (mu/2)`

B

`2 cos^(-1)mu`

C

`cos^(-1)(mu/2)`

D

`2cos^(-1)(mu/2)`

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