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Transcribed Image Text:# 8. Parallel light rays cross interfaces from
medium 1 into medium 2 and then into
medium 3. What can we say about the relative
sizes of the index of refraction of these media?
A) n₁ > n₂>nz
B) n3 > n₂>n₁
C) n₂ > N3 > N₁
D) n₁ > n3 > N₂
E) None of above
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