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What is meant by critical angle?

Chapter 30, Problem 22RCQ

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What is meant by “critical angle”?

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What is meant by “critical angle”?

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Critical angle is the greatest angle at which a ray of light, traveling in one transparent medium, can strike the boundary between that medium and a second of lower refractive index without being totally reflected within the first medium.

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