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Worked example: Total internal reflection

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In this video, we solve a question on Snell's window and also deal with refraction and TIR across 3 mediums! Created by Vibhor Pandey.

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mohammedthameez84
Posted a year ago. Direct link to mohammedthameez84's post “What does optical medium ...”
What does optical medium mean?
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- quokka
  Posted a year ago. Direct link to quokka's post “It is the medium through ...”
  It is the medium through which light travels. Any medium for example glass, water, vacuum, etc are all optical media since light travel through all of them.
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