Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2000

  • question_answer
    If the refractive index of material of equilateral prism is\[\sqrt{3}\]then angle of minimum deviation of the prism will be:

    A)  \[25{}^\circ \]             

    B)  \[60{}^\circ \]

    C)  \[45{}^\circ \]             

    D)  \[30{}^\circ \]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     Refractive index of the material\[\mu =\sqrt{3}\] The relation for refractive index is \[\mu =\frac{\sin i}{\sin r}\] \[\sqrt{3}=\frac{\sin i}{\sin r}\] \[\sqrt{3}=\frac{\sin \frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2}}{\sin \frac{A}{2}}=\frac{\sin \frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2}}{\sin \frac{60{}^\circ }{2}}\] \[\upsilon =\frac{\sin \frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}}\] Or \[\sin \frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\] \[=\sin 60{}^\circ \] (where A is the angle of equilateral prism) Hence, \[\frac{A+{{\delta }_{m}}}{2}=60{}^\circ \] Thus,     \[A+{{\delta }_{m}}=120\] \[{{\delta }_{m}}=120{}^\circ -60{}^\circ \] \[{{\delta }_{m}}=60{}^\circ \]


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