A light beam is incident on a denser medium whose refractive index is $1.414$ at an angle of incidence $45^o$ . Find the ratio of width of refracted beam in a medium to the width of the incident beam in air

  • [NEET 2017]
  • A

    $1: $ $\sqrt {2\;} $

  • B

    $\sqrt 2 :1$

  • C

    $\sqrt 2 :\sqrt {3\;} $

  • D

    $\;\sqrt 3 :\sqrt {2\;} $

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