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A ray of light impinges on a transparent material at some angle with the normal. If...

A ray of light impinges on a transparent material at some angle with the normal. If the material has a higher index of refraction, as it enters, the ray will ______________.

continue going in the same direction
bend to make a smaller angle with the normal
bend to make a larger angle with the normal
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light rays always bend toward normal while going from rarer to denser medium.

Here the light is going to denser medium from rarer medium, so it will bend to make smaller angle with the normal.

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