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i. Light has several properties like reflection, refraction etc. When light travels from an optically denser medium to a rarer medium ?
a. What happens to the light at the interface ?
b. give a demonstration for total internal reflection.
c. What are the technological applications of total internal reflection in nature? Briefly explain it.

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