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  • Understanding Light Refraction: Bending from Air to Glass
    When a light ray goes from air into glass, it will bend towards the normal.

    Here's why:

    * Refraction: This bending of light is called refraction. It occurs because light travels at different speeds in different mediums.

    * Speed of light: Light travels slower in glass than it does in air.

    * Normal: The normal is an imaginary line perpendicular to the surface at the point where the light ray enters the glass.

    * Bending: As the light ray enters the glass, it slows down. This change in speed causes the light ray to bend towards the normal.

    Let me know if you'd like a diagram to illustrate this!

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