A plane wavefront travelling in a straight line in vacuum encounters a medium of refractive index $\mu$. At $P,$ the shape of the wavefront is :

822-388

  • A
    822-a388
  • B
    822-b388
  • C
    822-c388
  • D
    822-d388

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