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Angle of a thin prism

A ray of light is incident normally on one face of a thin prism of refractive index \(mu\) and emerges at an angle (e) from the normal. Angle of prism \(A\) is nearly
\(frac{e}{mu}\)
\(mu e\)
\(frac{1-e}{mu}\)
\(muleft(frac{pi}{2} - eright)\)

Solution:

For normal incidence on the first face, the angle of refraction \(r_1 = 0\), which implies \(r_2 = A\). Applying Snell's law at the second face for small angles, \(e approx mu r_2 = mu A\), giving \(A approx frac{e}{mu}\).

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