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When unpolarised light is incident on the interface separating the rarer medium and the denser medium, Brewster angle is found to be `60^(@)` . Determine the refractive index of the denser medium.

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We know that `mu = tan ` ip and `lambda_(p)=60^(@), mu = tan 60 = sqrt(3)`
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