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7.Light is travelling from diamond to air. Its speed in diamond is 1.24 X108 m/s. Find the critical angle of diamond-air boundary. (Use nair 1, c = 3x10% m/s) ? a. 45.7° b. 24.4° C. 30.5 °
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