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A pencil aapears bent when dippes partially in a beaker contaning water why?​

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the pencil appears to be bent when dipped in water because the reflected light ray from the immersed part of the pencil refracts when travels from water to air. however, it appears to be bent because our eyes expect light to travel in straight line

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