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A ray of light travelling in water is incident on its surface open to air. The angle of incidence is `theta`, which is less than the critical angle. Then there will be

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only a reflected ray and no refracted ray

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only a refracted ray and no reflected ray

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a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle between them would be less than `180^(@)-2 theta`

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a reflected ray and a refracted ray and the angle between them would be greater than `180^(@)-2 theta`

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