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The critical angle of a ray of light incident at the surface of separation of two immscible liquids is `64^(@)48'` . If the refractive index of a liquid is 1.4 and velocity of light in vacuum is `3 xx 10^(10) cm * s^(-1)`, calculate the probable two values of light in the other liquid.

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`2.368 xx 10^(10) cm * s^(-1)` , `1.939 xx 10^(10) cm * s^(-1)`
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