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A glass prism of refractive index 1.5 is immersed in water $\left(\mu=\frac{4}{3}\right)$. A light beam incident normally on the face AB is totally reflected to reach the face BC if: |
$\sin \theta \leq \frac{2}{3}$ $\cos \theta \geq \frac{8}{9}$ $\sin \theta>\frac{8}{9}$ $\cos \theta \leq \frac{8}{9}$ |
$\sin \theta>\frac{8}{9}$ |
Here, ${ }^{a} \mu_{g}=1.5=\frac{3}{2},{ }^{a} \mu_{w}=\frac{4}{3}$ ${ }^{a} \mu_{w} \times{ }^{w} \mu_{g}={ }^{a} \mu_{g}$ ∴ ${ }^{w} \mu_{g}=\frac{{ }^{a} \mu_{g}}{{ }^{a} \mu_{w}}=\frac{3 / 2}{4 / 3}=\frac{9}{8}$ As $\sin C=\frac{1}{{ }^{w} \mu_{g}}=\frac{1}{9 / 8}=\frac{8}{9}$ $C=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{8}{9}\right)$ For total internal reflection, $\theta>C$ $\theta>\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{8}{9}\right)$ or $\sin \theta>\frac{8}{9}$ |