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Light Traveling in a Transparent Medium with an Index of Refraction

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Light traveling in a transparent medium with an index of refraction n1 is incident on a transparent boundary with a second transparent medium with an index n2.Very little light is transmitted into the second medium.Which of the following statements must be true?


A) n1 equals n2
B) n1 is somewhat greater than n2
C) n2 is somewhat greater than n1
D) n2 is much greater than n1
E) Either index of refraction is much greater than the other

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