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In a glass prism, the emergent ray not parallel to the incident ray as:

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9.68%[A] The laws of refraction do not hold in the case of glass prism. ( 3 voters )
74.19%[B] The refracting surfaces are inclined at an angle. ( 23 voters )
9.68%[C] The angle of refraction in glass is greater than the angle of incidence. ( 3 voters )
6.45%[D] The angle of refraction in glass is greater than the angle of emergence. ( 2 voters )
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As the two refracting surfaces AB and AC are not parallel to each other, the emergent ray is also not parallel to the incident ray. Whereas, in a glass slab, the two refracting surfaces are parallel to each other which explains why the emergent ray is parallel to the incident ray.

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