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A ray of light is incident normally on a face of an equilateral prism. The ray gets totally reflected at the second refracting surface. The total deviation produced in the path of the ray is:

  1. 30°
  2. 60°
  3. 90°
  4. 120°

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60°

Reason — As, the ray is normally incident on face AB so it passes undeviated. Angle of incidence on face AC is 60˚. The reflected ray is incident normally on face BC and passes undeviated.

A ray of light is incident normally on a face of an equilateral prism. The ray gets totally reflected at the second refracting surface. The total deviation produced in the path of the ray is? ICSE 2025 Physics Solved Question Paper.

Now, from the above diagram,

∠NRS = 60˚

∴ ∠SRC = 30˚

∠ARQ = 30˚

∴ ∠CRT = 30˚

RT is the original path of the incident ray.

So, total deviation = ∠SRT = 30˚ + 30˚ = 60˚

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