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A light ray is incident in water (nw = 1.33) at an angle of 35° on
an interface with flint glass (ng = 1.6). Compute the transmission angle.
If a ray is incident on the same interface but from the glass side and if the
transmission angle needs to be 35°, calculate the angle of incidence
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