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A given ray of light suffers minimum deviation in an equilateral prism P. Additional prisms Q and R of identical shape and of same material as P are now added as shown in the figure. The ray will now suffer

A

greater deviation

B

no deviation

C

same deviation

D

total internal reflection

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