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JEE Mains · Physics · STD 12 - Ray optics and optical instruments
  • JEE Mains 2019
  • Medium
  • Numerical

A monochromatic light is incident at a certain angle on an equilateral triangular prism and suffers minimum deviation. If the refractive index of the material of the prism is \(\sqrt 3\) , then the angle of incidence....\(^o\)

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(C) \(60\)

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\(i=\theta\)

\(r_{1}=r_{2}=\frac{A}{2}=30^{\circ}\)

by Snell's law

\(1 \times \sin i = \sqrt 3  \times \frac{1}{2} = \frac{{\sqrt 3 }}{2}\)

\(i=60\)

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