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At what values fo the refractive index of a recantangular prism can a ray travel as shwon in figure. The section of the prism is an isoseless triangle and the ray in normally incident onto the face `AC`.

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The correct Answer is:
`n gt sqrt(2)`


`I gt sin^(-1) ((1)/(mu))`
`rArr sin ((pi)/(4))gt((1)/(mu)) rArr mu gt (1)/((sin)(pi)/(4)) rArr mu gt sqrt2`
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