Snell's Law: Light goes from material having a refractive index of n 1 into a material with refractive index n 2. If the refracted light is bent away from the normal, what can you conclude about the indices of refraction

a) the light is close to normal therefore the reference incidence of medium 1 is less than medium n2 where the ray is transmitted.

b) The ray is far from normal in this case the refractive index of medium 1 is greater than index of medium 2

Explanation:

The expression for the angle of refraction is

          n₁ sin θ₁ = n₂ sin θ₂

refractive index n₁ is for incident light and n₂ is for transmitted light.

We have two cases

a) the light is close to normal therefore the reference incidence of medium 1 is less than medium n2 where the ray is transmitted.

b) The ray is far from normal in this case the refractive index of medium 1 is greater than index of medium 2

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