Question

When a beam of light passes at an oblique angle into a material of lower optical density, the angle of incidence is

Answer 1

Penn Foster Students: less than the angle of refraction

Answer 2

The correct answer is letter B. less than the angle of refraction. When a beam of light passes at an oblique angle into a material of lower optical density, the angle of incidence is less than the angle of refraction. The reason for that because the beam of light passes through an oblique angle.