What is Refractive Index?

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The refractive index is an optical property of the material that describes how much does the light bend or refract while passing from one medium to another. It is the ratio of spee of light in vacuum (c) to speed of light in a material (v) $n = \frac{c}{v}$ Refractive index is the reason which causes refraction. When

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