A ray of light travels across a liquid-to-glass interface. If the indices of refraction for the liquid and glass are, respectively, 1.75 and 1.52, what is the critical angle at this interface?

a. 60.3°
c. 52.2°
b. 30.0°
d. Critical angle does not exist.


A

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