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Concept:
Refraction of Light: When a ray of light is traveling from one transparent medium to another, it bends its path. This phenomenon is called refraction.
When the light changes its medium, its speed, and wavelength changes.

Where i is the angle of incidence, r is the angle of refraction.
Refractive Index:
The ratio of the speed of light in the vacuum to the speed of light in a given transparent medium is called the refractive index of the medium.
- When light travels from a medium with a higher refractive index to a lower one, then it bends away from normal. The angle of refraction is more than the angle of incidence.
- When light travels from a medium with a lower refractive index to a higher one, then it bends toward normal. The angle of refraction is less than the angle of incidence.
Snells Law of Refraction: The ratio of the sine of the angle of incidence to the sine of the angle of refraction is constant for two transparent medium.
\(\frac{sin\; i}{sin\; r} = \;\frac{n_2}{n_1}\)
n2 is the medium in which light is entering, n1 is the initial medium of light
When the ray of light is traveling from the medium with a higher refractive index to a lower one, for example, water to air, and the angle of refraction formed is 90 ° then the angle of incidence at that point is critical angle.

When medium 2 is air having refractive index n2 = 1, and medium 1 have refractive index n1 = μ, then critical angle θc can be represented by
\(\frac{sin\; θ_c}{sin \;90 °} = \frac{1}{μ}\)
\(\implies sin\; θ_c= \frac{1}{μ}\)
- The sine of critical angle is reciprocal of refractive index.
- When the incidence angle is more than the critical angle, then the ray of light reflects back in the same medium. This phenomenon is called Total Internal Reflection.
Calculation:
Given refractive index μ = 1. 62
\(sin\; θ_c= \frac{1}{μ}\)
\(sin\; θ _c= \frac{1}{1.62}\)
sin θc = 0. 62
So, 0.62 is the correct option.