Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.19 is incident on a plate of another medium with index of refraction 2.07. At wha angle of incidence is the reflected light fully polarized? Number i Units

Light traveling in a medium with a refractive index 1.19 is incident on a plate of another medium with index of refraction 2.07. At wha angle of incidence is the reflected light fully polarized? Number i Units

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