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Question
An object is viewed through a glass prism with its vertex pointing upwards. Draw a ray diagram to show the formation of its image as seen by the observer on the other side of the object.
Solution
Let two rays OA and OL from a source O are incident on the prism. They are refracted along AB and LM from first face of the prism. These two rays again refract from the second face of the prism emerge out along BC and MN respectively such that they appear to come from I.
Thus, observer sees the object O raised to the position I.
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