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The refractive index of a prism is 2. this prism can have a maximum refracting angle of

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Critical angle
`theta_c= sin^-1 (1/mu)= sin^-1 (1/2)=30^@`
if `A gt 2 theta_C` the ray does not emerge from the prism , SO maximum refracting angle can be `60^@`
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