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Find the value of critical angle for a material of refractive index `sqrt(3)`.

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Here, `n = sqrt(3)`
`sin i_(c ) = (1)/(n) = (1)/(sqrt(3)) = 0.5773`
`therefore "critical angle", i_(c ) = 35.3^(@)`
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