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Find the maximum angle that can be made in glass medium `(mu=1.5)` if a light ray is refreacted from glass to vacuum.

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`1.5 sin C=1 sin 90^(@)`, where `C=` critical angle `sin C=2//3 rArr C=sin^(-1) 2//3`
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