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Question
Write the relationship between angle of incidence ‘i’, angle of prism ‘A’ and angle of minimum deviations for a triangular prism.
Solution
The relation between the angle of incidence I, angle of prism, A and the angle of minimum deviation, Δm for a triangular prism is given as is given by `i = (A+Δ_m)/2.`
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