RAJASTHAN PMT Rajasthan - PMT Solved Paper-2006

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    An equilateral prism has\[\mu =\sqrt{3.}\]Its angle of minimum deviation will be :

    A)  \[30{}^\circ \]                                  

    B)  \[{{60}^{\text{o}}}\]

    C)  \[{{120}^{\text{o}}}\]                   

    D)         \[{{45}^{\text{o}}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    For prism \[\mu =\frac{\sin \left( \frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2} \right)}{\sin \left( \frac{A}{2} \right)}A\to \]angle of prism Here,\[A={{60}^{o}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sqrt{3}\times \sin {{30}^{o}}=\sin \left( \frac{{{60}^{o}}+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2} \right)\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[\sin \left( \frac{{{60}^{o}}+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2} \right)=\sin {{60}^{o}}\] \[\Rightarrow \]               \[{{60}^{o}}+{{\delta }_{m}}={{120}^{o}}\Rightarrow {{\delta }_{m}}={{60}^{o}}\]


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