Question: When rays travel from a denser medium to a less dense medium, light bends away from the normal. For a particular incident angle, refracted angle

When rays travel from a denser medium to a less dense medium, light bends away from the normal. For a particular incident angle, refracted angle 2=90. So, when the refracted angle becomes 90, the corresponding incident angle is called critical angle.
When the angle of incidence is greater than the critical angle, 100% of the light intensity is reflected. This is called total internal reflection because all the light is reflected.
1. Find the critical angle of glass and water combination.
2. What is the critical angle for the interface between Mystery A and glass? To be internally reflected, the light must start in which material? Show your calculation.
3. What is the critical angle for the interface between Mystery B and glass? To be internally reflected, the light must start in which material? Show your calculation.

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