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Ordinary (i.e., unpolarised) lights is incident on the surface of a transparent material at the polarising angle. If it is partly reflected and partly refracted, what is the angle between the reflected and the refracted rays?

A

parallel to each other

B

perpendicular to each other

C

inclined to each other making an angle `45^(@)`

D

none of the above

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