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A ray incident on a droplet of water at an angle of incidence ii undergoes two reflections (not total) and emerges. If the deviation suffered by the ray within the drop is minimum and the refractive index of the droplet be μ\mu , then show that cos⁡i=μ2−18\cos i = \sqrt{\frac{\mu^2 - 1}{8}} .

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