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Unpolarised light is incident on a plane glass surface. What would be the angle of incidence so that the reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other.

A

`33^(@)`

B

`57^(@)`

C

`24^(@)`

D

none of these

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For answer see Physics Darpan, Part-2, Section-B, Illustration of Textbook example no. 10.9
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