A ray of light refracts from medium 1 into a thin layer of medium 2, crosses the layer and is incident at…

A ray of light refracts from medium 1 into a thin layer of medium 2, crosses the layer and is incident at the critical angle on the interface between the medium 2 and 3 as shown in the figure. If the angle of incidence of ray is $\theta$, the value of $\theta$ is
  1. $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{8}{9}\right)$
  2. $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{13}{18}\right)$
  3. $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{13}{16}\right)$
  4. $\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{8}{13}\right)$

Solution

As the light ray incident at critical angle, $\begin{aligned} & \quad \sin C=\frac{\mu_3}{\mu_2}=\frac{1.3}{1.8} \text { and } C=r \\ & \therefore \quad \sin r=\frac{1.3}{1.8} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad \sin \theta=\frac{1.8}{1.6} \times \frac{1.3}{1.8}=\frac{13}{16} \\ & \theta=\sin ^{-1}\left(\frac{13}{16}\right) \end{aligned}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2011

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