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Question
A beam of light is incident at the polarizing angle of 35° on a certain glass plate. The refractive index of the glass plate is :
Options
sin 35°
tan 35°
tan 55°
sin 55°
Solution
tan 35°
`i_p = 35^circ`
`mu = tan i_p`
`mu = tan 35^circ`
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