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Light incident on a lake surface is partly reflected and partly refracted.What is the differences between the reflected ray and incident ray?

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Answer: As per the question, a ray of light is incident on a surface and it is partly reflected and refracted. The incident light is an unpolarised light. The reflected light is partially polarised.

If the angle of incidence becomes equal to the Brester angle (polarising angle), then the reflected light is completely plane polarised.

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