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  • Understanding Refraction: Light Bending and Optical Density
    Let's break down this situation:

    * Light Bending Away from the Normal: When a ray of light travels from a denser medium to a less dense medium, it bends away from the normal (an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface).

    * Optically Denser: An optically denser medium is one where light travels slower. This is because the light interacts more with the particles in the denser medium.

    Therefore, in this scenario, Medium A is optically denser than Medium B.

    Here's why:

    * The light ray bends away from the normal, indicating it's moving from a denser to a less dense medium.

    * Since the light is bending away from the normal when going from A to B, this means A is the denser medium and B is the less dense medium.

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