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When light travels from one medium into another it suffers

1. Reflection
2. Refraction
3. Dispersion
4. None of these

Correct answer: Refraction

Solution

When light passes from one medium to another, its speed changes, causing the ray to bend at the interface. This bending is called refraction. Reflection is bouncing back, and dispersion is splitting into colors.

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