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In Figure, a ray of light A incident from air suffers partial reflection and refraction at the boundary of water.
(a) Complete the diagram showing (i) the reflected ray B and (ii) the refracted ray C.
(b) How are the angles of incidence `i` and refraction r related ?

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(b) sin`i//sin" "r=mu_(w)`.
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