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When light is incident from air to glass at an angle `57^@`, the reflected beam is completely polarised. If the same beam is incident from water to glass, the angle of incidence at which reflected beam is completely polarised will be

A

`theta=57^(@)`

B

`theta gt 57^(@)`

C

`theta lt57^(@)`

D

Cannot be determined

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