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Light travels with a velocity of `3 xx 10^(8)m * s^(-1)` in air and is then incident on another medium making an angle `45^(@)` and emerges out at an angle of `30^(@)` . What is the velocity of light in the medium?

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`3.12 xx 10^(8) m * s^(-1)`
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