Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Light

Light — practice question

The diagram illustrates a ray of light travelling in an optical fibre. Which statement gives the correct condition for the maximum transmission of light through the optical fibre?

  • AThe glass must slow the light as little as possible to make the critical angle for the fibre as large as possible.
  • BThe glass must slow the light as little as possible to make the critical angle for the fibre as small as possible.
  • CThe glass must slow the light as much as possible to make the critical angle for the fibre as large as possible.
  • DThe glass must slow the light as much as possible to make the critical angle for the fibre as small as possible.

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