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Total Internal Reflection question from NEET 2010 (AIPMT, Mains)

Q53NEET 2010 · AIPMT · MAINSEasy

Total Internal Reflection

The speed of light in media M1 and M2 are 1.5 ×\times 108 m/s and 2.0 ×\times 108 m/s respectively. A ray of light enters from medium M1 to M2 at an incidence angle i. If the ray suffers total internal reflection, the value of i is

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Answer: (c)

  1. sin⁡C=v1v2=1.52.0=34\sin C = \frac{v_1}{v_2} = \frac{1.5}{2.0} = \frac{3}{4}, so C=sin⁡−1(34)C = \sin^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right).
  2. TIR (total reflection) needs i≥Ci \geq C (at i=Ci = C the ray just grazes).
  3. So the answer is (c) i≥sin⁡−1(34)i \geq \sin^{-1}\left(\frac{3}{4}\right).
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