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When light travels from an optically rarer medium to a denser medium, it bends:
AAway from the normal
BTowards the normal
CDoes not bend
DBackwards
✓ Correct Answer: B — Towards the normal
In a denser medium, light slows down and refracts towards the normal line.
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