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Refractive index determines how much light bends entering a material. Light adjusts its path accordingly.

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Refractive index (n = c/v) tells how much light slows inside a medium. Snell’s law (n_1\sin\theta_1 = n_2\sin\theta_2) predicts bending angles.

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