Choose the correct statement from the following. Brewster's angle for a transparent medium is (a) different for light of different colours (b) same for lights of different colours (c) independent of refractive index of the medium (d) different for lights of same colour

Answer: (a). Brewster's law: tan ip = μ. μ depends on wavelength (dispersion), so ip changes with colour; for one colour and one medium it is fixed. So the answer is (a) different for light of different colours.

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Choose the correct statement from the following.

Brewster's angle for a transparent medium is

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Answer: (a)

Brewster's law: $\tan i_p = \mu$ .
$\mu$ depends on wavelength (dispersion), so $i_p$ changes with colour; for one colour and one medium it is fixed.
So the answer is (a) different for light of different colours.

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