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Transcribed Image Text:9. Parallel Rays. In a tank of water (index of refraction nw =
material is submerged and fixed, and the diagram below illustrates a cross section of the tank. A perfectly
horizontal light ray is then shone on the cube, which first enters it at point M, and exits the cube still
completely horizontal. If BD is horizontal, find the minimum possible value of n.
1.33) a cube of an unknown transparent
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