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PLEASE ANSWER THIS FOR SCIENCE: Explain why light traveling through an eyeglass lens refracts.

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As the light rays enter into the more dense lens material, they refract towards the normal; and as they exit into the less dense air, they refract away from the normal. These specific rays will exit the lens traveling parallel to the principal axis.

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