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If c and `c_(1)` are the velocities of light in vacuum and in a medium respectively, then the relation of velocity of light with the refractive index of the medium will be

A

`mu = (c_(1))/( c )`

B

`mu = c_(1)c`

C

`mu = ( c )/(c_(1)`

D

`mu = c-c_(1)`

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