A ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium. The reflected and the refracted rays are…

A ray of light travels from a denser medium to a rarer medium. The reflected and the refracted rays are perpendicular to each other. If ' $\mathrm{r}$ ' and ' $\mathrm{r}_1$ ' are the angle of reflection and refraction respectively and ' $\mathrm{C}$ ' is the critical angle, then the angle of incidence is
  1. $\cot ^{-1}(\sin \mathrm{C})$
  2. $\tan ^{-1}(\sin C)$
  3. $\sin ^{-1}(\tan C)$
  4. $\cos ^{-1}(\tan C)$

Solution

Since reflected and refracted rays are perpendicular to each other, $\begin{aligned} & r+r_1=90^{\circ} \\ & \therefore r_1=90^{\circ}-r \end{aligned}$ Refractive index of the denser medium $\begin{aligned} & \mu=\frac{\sin r_1}{\sin r}=\frac{\sin \left(90^{\circ}-r\right)}{\sin r}=\frac{\cos r}{\sin r}=\cot r \\ & \text { Also, } \mu=\frac{1}{\sin C} \quad \therefore \frac{1}{\sin C}=\cot r \\ & \text { or } \sin C=\tan r=\tan i \\ & \therefore i=\tan ^{-1}(\sin C) \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (20 Sep Shift 2)

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